Therapeutic targets
- Symptom relief
- Immunosuppression
Therapy recommendations
- Systemic treatment
- Central treatment with glucocorticoids: Prednisolone; possibly higher initial dose in the first 4 weeks.
- In case of therapy resistance combination with immunosuppressants: azathioprine or also methotrexate, (also immunoglobulins i. v. are possible).
- If even then no improvement occurs: rituximab (monoclonal antibody).