Other immunosuppressants
What are Other immunosuppressants?
Immunosuppressive agents are drugs that suppress the immune system and reduce the risk of rejection of foreign bodies such as transplant organs. Different classes of immunosuppressive agents have different mechanism of action. Now immunosuppressive agents are used as cancer chemotherapy, in autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and to treat severe allergy. As immunosuppressive agents lower the immunity there is increased risk of infection. Immunosuppressants can be divided into classes including calcineurin inhibitors, interleukin inhibitors, selective immunosuppressants and TNF alfa inhibitors. Immunosuppressants that do not fit into these classes are categorized as other immunosuppressants.
List of Other immunosuppressants
Drug Name | Avg. Rating | Reviews |
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methotrexate systemic (Pro) Brand names: Trexall, Otrexup, Rasuvo, Xatmep |
338 reviews | |
azathioprine systemic (Pro) Brand names: Azasan, Imuran |
130 reviews | |
lenalidomide systemic (Pro) Brand name: Revlimid |
40 reviews | |
pomalidomide systemic (Pro) Brand name: Pomalyst |
3 reviews | |
thalidomide systemic (Pro) Brand name: Thalomid |
1 review | |
For ratings, users were asked how effective they found the medicine while considering positive/adverse effects and ease of use (1 = not effective, 10 = most effective). |
See also
Medical conditions treated or associated with other immunosuppressants:
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
- Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
- Anemia
- Atopic Dermatitis
- Autoimmune Hepatitis
- Breast Cancer
- Choriocarcinoma
- Chronic Active Hepatitis
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy
- Crohn's Disease
- Crohn's Disease, Active
- Crohn's Disease, Maintenance
- Dermatomyositis
- Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
- Follicular Lymphoma
- Graft Versus Host Disease
- Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
- Head and Neck Cancer
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Kaposi's Sarcoma
- Leprosy, Erythema Nodosum Leprosum
- Lupus
- Lymphoma
- Mantle Cell Lymphoma
- Marginal Zone Lymphoma
- Meningeal Leukemia
- Multiple Myeloma
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Mycosis Fungoides
- Myelodysplastic Diseases
- Neoplastic Diseases
- Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- Organ Transplant, Rejection Prophylaxis
- Osteosarcoma
- Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
- Psoriasis
- Psoriatic Arthritis
- Renal Transplant
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Sarcoidosis
- Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Solid Tumors
- Systemic Sclerosis
- Takayasu's Arteritis
- Trophoblastic Disease
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Uveitis
Further information
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