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(also known as Mycophenolic acid, mycophenolate, Myfortic)
Mycophenolate belongs to a group of medicines known as immunosuppressive agents. It is used to lower the body's natural immunity in patients who receive organ transplants.
When a patient receives an organ transplant, the body's white blood cells will try to get rid of (reject) the transplanted organ. Mycopheno... continue
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Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Lupus | 214 |
79% |
| Organ Transplants | 76 |
92% |
| Myasthenia Gravis | 20 |
85% |
| Multiple Sclerosis (MS) | 5 |
80% |
| Pulmonary Fibrosis | 5 |
100% |
Overall, 84% (347
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3 pills a day, seems to work but i deal with nausa and stomach ache daily update oct 09 cellcept 2 pills a day
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in don't know much about this one
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This secondary medication is one I take with my injections except I have to take it on a daily basis instead of every other day.It seems to work well with the betaseron but I'm not sure how it would do on it's own.
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nausea
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I guess its working better than the azathioprine my blood work seems to be a little better not exactly where my doctor would like it so she increased it to twice a day.
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i,ve been on cellcept since i was diagnosed w/ lupus. so if i were 2 stop taking it i would probably end up back in the hospital. no noticable side effects though.
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Still takin it
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worked for a while
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Worked miracles when prednisone did not work but now I am on prednisone.
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I have had no side effects that I know of with this drug. I have to take blood tests monthly for liver panel.
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anyone on Mycophenolate (Cellcept)?
Hi there my friendI wish my hands did not hurt so much so I could respond to more posts. I did however take mxt with plaquenil for a while, and for wh... [More] -
anyone on Mycophenolate (Cellcept)?
I could not take cellcept due to stomach upset. I take a very similar drug, Myfortic that disolves in the bowel. The only side effect has been const... [More] -
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I too had terrible diarrehia. Life changed when I weaned off Cellcept. Now things are fine. [More] -
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Yep, Mycophenolate can definitely cause diarrhea. I had it for months after my transplant. My nephrologist told me that it was most likely the culprit... [More] -
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I havre been suffering with diarhea since transplant. Many things have probably aggrivated it, but recently I was taken off Myfortic (time release My... [More]
