Response to methotrexate in a chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy patient

Muscle Nerve. 2009 Mar;39(3):386-8. doi: 10.1002/mus.21171.

Abstract

We report a patient with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy and progressive resistance to standard treatment who showed a striking response to methotrexate, 20 mg/week. The improvement, which started 5 months after initiation of therapy, was consistent and permanent. It allowed the previously wheelchair-dependent patient to achieve pharmacological remission. The 2-year follow-up of this case further illustrates the role that methotrexate may play as a treatment option for CIDP patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Disability Evaluation
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Male
  • Methotrexate / therapeutic use*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neural Conduction / drug effects
  • Neural Conduction / physiology
  • Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating / drug therapy*
  • Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating / physiopathology
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Methotrexate