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 allow the body less likely to resist a transplanted organ i.e., kidney, heart and liver.
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Immunosuppressants are drugs that keep your immune system from attacking healthy tissue and cells. They have multiple benefits but also increase your ...
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Immunosuppressive drugs, also known as immunosuppressive agents, immunosuppressants and antirejection medications, are drugs that inhibit or prevent the activity of the immune system. Wikipedia
Immunosuppressant drugs are designed to suppress or tamp down part of the immune system. Many were originally developed to prevent organ rejection in transplant ...
An agent that decreases the body's immune responses. It reduces the body's ability to fight infections and other diseases, such as cancer.
Cyclosporine, azathioprine, corticosteroids, FK506 (tacrolimus), and RS61443 (mycophenolate mofetil) have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, and ...
Immunosuppressants are prescribed for moderate to severe atopic dermatitis (AD) in children and adults. They can be used to help stop the itch-scratch cycle of ...
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