Anti-Rejection Medicine and its effects on the Immune System
Anti-Rejection Medicine and its effects on the Immune System Anti-rejection medications, repress your body’s natural defence system & immune system; to hinder it from recognizing your transplant as a “foreign invader” and attacking it. The result of such an attack is rejection. By taking Anti-Rejection Medications your immune system is lowered enough for you to safely keep your organ. It is crucial that you take anti-rejection medications at the same time every day and 12 hours apart to evade missing doses and to keep steady blood levels of the medication in your body. Make sure that you understand the directions. Never reform your dose unless your physician tells you to do so. The most commonly used immunosuppressants include : Prednisone Tacrolimus (Prograf) Cyclosporine (Neoral) Mycophenolate Mofetil (CellCept) Imuran (Azathioprine) Siromus (Sirolimus) Siromus (Sirolimus) After organ transplantation, most patients recover quickly. The