Articles
Medicine use in transplant recipients
Content
Side effects
Antirejection medicines
Azathioprine
Basiliximab
Belatacept
Cyclosporine
Muromonab-CD3
Mycophenolic acid
Mycophenolate mofetil
Prednisone
Sirolimus
Tacrolimus
Serious side effects
Things to avoid while on antirejection medicines
Side effects
Antirejection medicines
Azathioprine
Basiliximab
Belatacept
Cyclosporine
Muromonab-CD3
Mycophenolic acid
Mycophenolate mofetil
Prednisone
Sirolimus
Tacrolimus
Serious side effects
Things to avoid while on antirejection medicines
Antirejection medicines
Common medicines given after organ transplantation include azathioprine (Azasan), basiliximab (Simulect), belatacept (Nulojix), cyclosporine (Neoral, Sandimmune, others), muromonab-CD3 (Orthoclone OKT 3), mycophenolic acid (Myfortic), mycophenolate mofetil (Cellcept), prednisone, sirolimus (Rapamune) and tacrolimus (Prograf, Astagraf XL).