Did IVIG cured you?

Hi,

Just like prednisone, IVIG also seems a patchwork or bandaid. I am wondering if anyone ever had any experience that after IVIG they are cured and no further treatment is required?

Thanks.

I had a hematologist who told me he had never had a patient go into remission using IVIg.    

Personally I wouldn't want to do IVIg all the time - it's a blood product and my ITP began very shortly after receiving a gamma globulin injection.  It is believed it was the injection that triggered my ITP.     Now if IVIg was the only thing that kept my platelets at a livable number then that would be a different story.  There was a delightful older woman here some years back and IVIg, a certain brand, was the only treatment that worked for her, never cured her though.  

I had a 5 year remission with IVIG (after prednisone not working), then I got ITP five years later (steriods worked then on their own), then third time, I had IVIG and been in remission 23 years since.