Mycophenolate 500 mg Tablet Product introduction
Mycophenolate 500 mg Tablet belongs to a group of medicines called immunosuppressants. Mycophenolate mofetil drug is used with other medicines to prevent your body from rejecting an organ (such as a kidney, heart, or liver) after a transplant. It works by suppressing your body’s immune system so that it does not attack the new organ.
The amount you take and how often you take it depends on the type of transplant you have. Follow your doctor’s instructions on this.
Take Mycophenolate mofetil drug on an empty stomach, at least 1 hour before or 2 hours after a meal, unless your doctor suggest otherwise. Swallow it as a whole, do not crush, chew, or break it. Take the medicine regularly to get maximum benefit and keep taking it even when you feel well. The treatment will continue for as long as you need it to prevent rejection.
Uses
- Prevention of organ rejection in transplant patients
Benefits
In Prevention of organ rejection in transplant patients
Mycophenolate 500 mg belongs to a group of medicines known as immunosuppressive agents. It lowers your immune response and reduces the chance of your body attacking the transplanted organ. Organ rejection happens when your immune system treats the new organ as an invader and attacks it.
This medicine may be used in combination with other medicines to suppress the immune system and help your body accept the new organ.
Mycophenolate side effects
Most mycophenolate side effects do not require any medical attention and disappear as your body adjusts to the medicine. Consult your doctor if they persist or if you worry about them
Common side effects MMF Tablet
- Bacterial infection
- Fungal infection
- Viral infection
- Anemia (low number of red blood cells)
- Decreased white blood cell count (lymphocytes)
- Increased glucose level in blood
- Increased potassium level in blood
- Decreased potassium level in blood
- Decreased phosphate level in blood
- Confusion
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Insomnia (difficulty in sleeping)
- Dizziness
- Paresthesia (tingling or pricking sensation)
- Tremors
- Fast heart rate
- Flatulence
- Headache
- High blood pressure
- Cough
- Breathlessness
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Indigestion
- Abdominal pain
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Blood in urine
- Weakness
- Edema (swelling)
- Fever
- Rash
How to use
Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. It is to be taken with food.
How it works
It is an immunosuppressant. It reduces the action of the body’s own defense system (the immune system) and prevents rejection of the transplanted organ.
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