ABSTRACT
Immunosuppressive drugs and immunomodulating procedures can improve the quality of
life in patients with immune-related neurologic diseases and can even be lifesaving
if properly used to avoid deleterious or irreversible adverse effects. For the successful
use of these drugs or procedures, the treating physician must be familiar and comfortable
with the drugs' mode of action, the accuracy of the diagnosis, the goals and expectations
of therapy, and the risk-benefit ratio of the therapy. Improvement must be based on
a beneficial change in activities of daily living and not solely on a change in the
laboratory test values.
KEYWORDS
Immunomodulation - neuroimmunological diseases - immunosuppressive therapy
