IG Living Advocate Podcast

Every quarter, IG Living will hold a podcast on a topic that affects those with autoimmune and immunodeficiency disorders. Industry experts will share the latest immune globulin (IG) news and information and answer questions from our community.

Podcasts will cover topics such as the increased demand for IG products, Medicare, IG side effects, and reimbursement. more info

Listen to the episode From Plasma to Healing: The Intricate Journey of Producing Immune Globulin Medications.

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Let's Talk! Tammy Keddy

Tammy Keddy is a certified nurse who was diagnosed with common variable immune deficiency (CVID) when she was 38 years old. Despite the challenges, Tammy has a positive outlook on life and even videos her treatments to share with other patients on her YouTube channel… full article (pdf)

Product Guide: Emerging Technology for Chronic Disease Care

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Emerging Technology for Chronic Disease Care

If you are one of the millions of Americans living with a chronic disease, chances are your diagnosing doctor sent you on your way with a prescription and a few tips to help you manage your condition. But, day-to-day, you're on your own. Wouldn't it be nice if chronic diseases came with a user's manual?… full article (pdf)

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Ask the Experts

Reader: Is it Possible Creutzfeltd-Jakob Disease from Hyperimmune Globulins or IVIG, and isPEP a Safe Option for Patients Treated with IVIG?

Abbie: According to Leslie Vaughan, RPh, CSP, IgCP, chief operations officer at Nufactor, a specialty infusion company, the risk of VCJD or CJD from a hyperimmune product or albumin is very low, but the language on the package insert is required. In fact, researchers performed a 21-year examination on… full article (pdf)

Meet the Staff

Rachel Maier, MS
Associate Editor

Abbie Cornett
Patient Advocate

Advisory Board

Bob Geng, MD, MA
Assistant Professor, Division of Allergy & Immunology
University of California, San Diego

Terry O. Harville,
MD, PhD

Medical Director Special Immunology Laboratory University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Todd Levine, MD
Director, Department of Neurophysiology Good Samaritan Hospital, Phoenix
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology University of Arizona

Fred Modell
Co-founder of the Jeffrey Modell Foundation

Marc Riedl, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology University of California, San Diego