Immunosuppressive drugs, also known as immunosuppressive agents, immunosuppressants and antirejection medications, are drugs that inhibit or prevent activity of the immune system.
Immunosuppressive agents are commonly used in the nephrologist’s practice in the treatment of autoimmune and immune-mediated diseases and transplantation.
Immunosuppressant is a class of medicines that inhibit or decrease the intensity of the immune response in the body. Most of these medications are used to prevent rejection after organ transplantation and to treat autoimmune diseases.
Immunosuppressive agents are commonly used in the nephrologist’s practice in the treatment of autoimmune and immune-mediated diseases and transplantation, ..
The immune system is essential for fighting infection and disease. But, if your immune system is too active it can harm the body rather than protect it. Immuno-suppressant medicines lower the activity of your immune system. Medicines such as ciclosporin and mycophenolate can be used after organ transplantation to prevent rejection of the organ. Disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) such as leflunomide used to manage rheumatoid arthritis, an auto-immune disease.
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Cyclosporines (Cyclophil ME),
Tacrolimus (Prograf),
Mycophenolate mofetil(Cellcept)
Prednisone (Medrol),
Azathioprine (Azoran),
Sirolimus (Rapamune as Rapacan),
Everolimus(Advacan)