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(also known as Neoral, Sandimmune)
Cyclosporine belongs to the group of medicines known as immunosuppressive agents. It is used to reduce the body's natural immunity in patients who receive organ (for example, kidney, liver, and heart) transplants.
When a patient receives an organ transplant, the body's white blood cells will try to get rid of ... continue
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Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Psoriasis | 46 |
61% |
| Organ Transplants | 34 |
82% |
| Lupus | 29 |
93% |
| Myasthenia Gravis | 6 |
83% |
| Bone Marrow Transplant | 9 |
67% |
Overall, 77% (137
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Cyclosporine Reviews
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Worked, but was only on this during drug trials...been around a while, huh???
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It was fine, really. I just couldn't go anywhere because my immune system was suppressed.
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Did great on it but now been over 36 months and have to find an alternative cause kidneys are getting shot. So planning to move to accutane.....some new thearpy...had stopped the light treatment.
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I started this in the hospital on August 28th. So far it is working. At first it was giving me horrible headaches but they lowered my dose and now feel good
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Worked for a while, but then psych meds for autism interfered with drug levels and he had a rejection episode. He was then taken off this and put on Prograf.
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also helping
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was the best we ever had, but had kidney toxicity with it.
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Yes it does seem to work. It does make me get sick sometimes, but eating seems to help. My doses change alot as they check my levels every two weeks now
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Put me into remission its a hard treatment but it was worth it for me. Hair loss severe vomiting even though I was give iv anti nausea medication before the chemo
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I switched to this medicine from Prograf, which my transplant doctors believed was the cause of my 50 days straight 24/7 Migraine headache. So far, the headaches have continued but, to a lesser intensity (usually) and they are no longer 24/7 in length.
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OOPS - sorry, I don't know how to edit my first post -- but I meant to say that "today 8/6 marks his 2nd full day out of the hospital..." ... [More] -
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Hi there - My name is Jen. My hubby has UC and just 2 days ago he was released from the hospital after going through a major flare-up. He had been ... [More] -
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Kristy7116, Those side effects sound awful!!!! Do you think cyclosporine is good enough to be worth it? Is your doctor concerned about those side... [More] -
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Is anyone on Cyclosporine? If so how long before it started working and what side effects if any did you have. [More] -
have you been advised to take or not take
I havent asked my doctor, but I did do a little research on my own and came to the conclusion that it is not a good thing if you are on tx and take ot... [More]
