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Use of Immunosuppressive Agents for Treatment of Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Diabetic Retinopathy by nih.gov Posted Sun 11 Jul 2010 5:00pm with AMD gain additional therapeutic benefit from combination treatment of immunosuppressive agents and standard-of-care in comparison to standard-of-care alone. This invention... associated with CNV. Advantages: Likely to be synergistic with existing therapeutics. May enable repurposing of some exiting immunosuppressive agents. Development Status Read on »

Immuno-suppressive Drugs by kissmyostomy Facebook

Posted Sun 03 Jan 2010 12:00am Many UC sufferers often post questions about whether or not to pursue immuno-suppressive drug treatments such as remicade or 6mp. Unfortunately not everyone weighs the long term risks. I knew undergoing several of those treatments myself that there were various risks. I had little success with any of them. However I believe that the treatme ... Read on »

Comparing the less toxic immunosuppressants for vasculitis. by Katie C. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 29 Dec 2008 6:04pm Quick and interesting: The New England Journal of Medicine did a comparison of azathioprine and methotrexate for maintaining the remission status of vasculitides such as Wegener’s. These are the much less caustic drugs used post cyclophosphamide and steroids. The study found the drugs to have surprisingly similar results. More here: modernmedi ... Read on »

Immunosuppressant vs. Myelin Repair: What is the difference? by The Myelin Repair Foundation Posted Tue 14 Sep 2010 8:39pm ’s nerves. This approach is done using immunosuppressant drugs. An immunosuppressant drug is a substance that blocks certain factors in the immune system that contributes to the inflammatory response in the human body. For example, when someone receives an organ transplant, they are put on an immunosuppressant so their immune system does not attack the new organ Read on »

Improvement of severe systemic sclerosis-associated gastric antral vascular ectasia following immunosuppressive treatment with i by Jan Posted Thu 11 Feb 2010 12:00am and frequency of endoscopic laser treatments. CONCLUSION: IV pulse CYC immunosuppression was followed by remarkable clinical and endoscopic improvement of SSc-associated GAVE. Read on »

Read the Latest in Lupus Research: Immunosuppressants Render Flu Vaccination Less Effective in People With Lupus by Duane P. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 22 Jan 2010 4:48am The immune system fights off the flu in different ways. One way is by making antibodies (immune proteins) that recognize the flu virus and attack it. Another way is by activating certain white blood cells to fight the virus; this is called "cell-mediated immunity." Since cell-mediated responses to the influenza vaccine also influence how well the ... Read on »

Read the Latest in Lupus Research: Immunosuppressants Render Flu Vaccination Less Effective in People With Lupus by Wick D. Posted Fri 22 Jan 2010 4:51am The immune system fights off the flu in different ways. One way is by making antibodies (immune proteins) that recognize the flu virus and attack it. Another way is by activating certain white blood cells to fight the virus; this is called "cell-mediated immunity." Since cell-mediated responses to the influenza vaccine also influence how well the v ... Read on »

Diarrhea & common immunosuppressants by Matt S. Posted Sat 31 May 2008 12:00am Did you know that diarrhea increases the absorption of Prograf (tacrolimus, FK506)? Drug levels must be monitored closely in this setting to avoid tacrolimus-induced allograft toxicity. Tacrolimus is even considered a cause of diarrhea by some, though its usual counterpart in immunosuppresion, mycophenolate mofetil (MMF, Cell Cept) is more f ... Read on »

How to best design RCTs for new transplant immunosuppressives by Matt S. Posted Tue 20 Oct 2009 12:00am rejection, the calcineurin inhibitors, are themselves nephrotoxic. Ideally, we should be able to develop drugs which are just as successful as immunosuppressants as the CNIs... achieving this goal is created by the current policies of the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), which insists on using outdated regimens for immunosuppression in the control arms Read on »

My Love-Hate Relationship with Immunosuppressant Medicines by Andrew Posted Sat 23 Oct 2010 8:06pm be suppressed, then it will be less likely to attack itself and the symptoms of RA can be controlled. Drugs used to treat RA like methotrexate and the biologicals are immunosuppressant drugs. I’ve been on an immunosuppressant for the past 1 ½ years…Enbrel, Cimzia, and now Humira. According to Humira’s website, “ HUMIRA is a TNF -blocker medicine that can Read on »

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