Inclusion body myositis (IBM): treatment

Evidence-based neurology checklist on inclusion body myositis (ibm): treatment: Treatment Exercise programme Botulinum toxin: for dysphagia Cricopharyngeal myotomy: for dysphagia Orthoses Tendon transfers CoQ10 to enhance endurance Treatment considerations in severe disease Investigational…

Treatment

  • Exercise programme
  • Botulinum toxin: for dysphagia
  • Cricopharyngeal myotomy: for dysphagia
  • Orthoses
  • Tendon transfers
  • CoQ10 to enhance endurance

Treatment considerations in severe disease

Investigational treatments

Emerging investigation

References

  1. Solorzano GE, Phillips LH. Inclusion body myositis: diagnosis, pathogenesis, and treatment options. Rheum Dis Clin N Am 2011; 37:173-183.
  2. Dalakas MC. Therapeutic advances and future prospects in immune-mediated inflammatory myopathies. Ther Adv Neurol Disord 2008; 1:157-166.
  3. Lucchini M, Maggi L, Pegoraro E, et al. Anti-cN1A antibodies are associated with more severe dysphagia in sporadic inclusion body myositis. Cells 2021; 10:1146. 
  4. Lilleker JB. Advances in the early diagnosis and therapy of inclusion body myositis. Curr Opin Rheumatol 2018; 30:644-649.
  5. Noto YI, Kondo M, Tsuji Y, et al. Diagnostic value of muscle [11C] PIB-PET in inclusion body myositis. Front Neurol 2020; 10:1386.

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