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What are some immunosuppression regimens to consider in a patient with refractory cardiac sarcoidosis?

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What immunosuppression regimen do you consider for managing refractory cardiac sarcoidosis in your clinical practice?

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Cardiology · New York Medical College
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Unfortunately, there is no high quality data at this point to directly answer this question but here are some options.

For patients who have only been treated with oral steroids, I would first consider the addition of weekly methotrexate at a dose of between 10 - 20 mg WEEKLY with supplemental folic...

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Pulmonology · Hartford Health Care
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Treating sarcoid is easy as long as the 1st line treatment (steroids) works then it is all up in the air. Treating with TNF-a inhibitors would be preferred for its effectiveness and low risk but insurance won’t let you Rx it!

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