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Calcineurin inhibitors: Ciclosporin & Tacrolimus
Anti-proliferatives: Azathioprine & Mycophenolic acid
mTOR inhibitors: Sirolimus & Everolimus
Antibodies:
Monoclonal anti-IL-2Rα receptor antibodies: Basiliximab & Daclizumab
Polyclonal anti-T-cell antibodies: Anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) & Anti-lymphocyte globulin (ALG)
Monoclonal anti-CD20 antibodies: Rituximab
Corticosteroids: Prednisolone & Hydrocortisone
However, it takes someone specializing in this field and a battery of blood tests to determine which drug is best for any particular transplant patient.
What else can I help you with?
man is about to receive a bone marrow transplant he is taking pills to suppress his immune system so that?
His immune system does not attack the transplanted marrow. APEX
What are the leading health care indicators for transplant patients?
The bigges health challanges to transplant patients has to do with their immune systems. SInce they take drugs to suppress their immune system so they don;t reject the tissues of the transplanted organ, it also reduces their ability to fight off infections, things even as simple as a cold.
What does immunosuppressant mean for asthmatics?
Immunosuppressants are drugs that suppress that suppress/restrain your immune system so it is considerably weaker when on those meds. These medications are used after people have transplant surgery to prevent the body rejecting the transplanted organ. As well, predisone given for lung conditions suppresses the immune system temporarily. With a suppressed immune system, the person is susceptible to acquire other infections, such as even the common cold. Except, with a suppressed immune system, even a common cold virus can turn deadly because the person's suppressed immune system won't fight the illness as vigorously as normal.
a child is about to have an engineered heart valve put. what procedure might increase the chances of her body accepting the prosthesis?
she will take medicine to suppress her immune system
What could happen if you over exercise?
It could slow down your immune system. (suppress your immune system) You could also pass out...:(
Agent that supresses the immune system?
If you're asking what medications supress the immune system, steriods supress the immune system, as do medications given to organ transplant recipients.
Why do you have to take special drugs to prevent a transplant being rejected?
Those special drugs are immune-suppressants. Their purpose is to suppress, or lower, your immune system. This is necessary for the prevention of transplant rejection because without these drugs, your own immune system would attack the transplanted organ. The immune system attacks the transplanted organ because it is foreign to the body, which the immune system translates to it being an enormous virus to destroy. You see, the immune system's only purpose is to eradicate potentially harmful things in your body. But, unlike your computer's security system, which asks before it destroys potentially harmful programs, you can't tell your immune system that that particular foreign object (the organ, or game for the computer security metaphor) is good and shouldn't be attacked.
Why is it necessary for doctors to give organ transplant patient a drug called cyclosporine?
After undergoing an organ transplant, it is necessary for patients to take drugs called immunosuppressants for the rest of their lives. Cyclosporine is a commonly used drug for this purpose. It is extremely important that people who have had a transplant take this drug every day as directed because if they don't, their body may reject the organ. The body's immune system recognizes the new organ as foreign and it attacks it. Drugs such as cyclosporine will suppress the immune system so that it cannot destroy the organ.
How does cystic fibrosis affect the immune system?
Cystic fibrosis affects primarily lungs and pancreas, not immune system. But a patient affected is debilitated and it would decrease the fuction of various systems, like the immune A CF patient that has had a lung transplant would have an impaired immune system because of the medication given for rejection. The medication would suppress the immune system so that the patients' body would be more likely to accept the new organ(s), but also making the patient more susceptible to other illnesses.
Opportunistic infection may develop when?
Opportunistic infections may develop when a person's immune system is weakened or compromised, allowing normally harmless microorganisms to cause illness. This can happen in conditions such as HIV/AIDS, cancer, organ transplant recipients on immunosuppressive therapy, or individuals taking certain medications that suppress the immune system.
What is the goal of bone marrow transplant?
The goal of the transplant is to rebuild the recipient's blood cells and immune system and hopefully cure the underlying ailment.
Is dog to human testicle transplant possible?
No. Your immune system would attack the foreign organ.
