Immunosuppressive drugs
Introduction: Immunosuppressive drugs
Immunosuppressants are a general class of medications
that suppress the immune system.
They are often used against diseases of the immune system
(e.g. autoimmune diseases)
and are also used to prevent transplant rejection in organ transplants.
Immunosuppressants versus antihistamines:
Immunosuppressants are not a type of antihistamine.
Antihistamines are used to respond to an acute attack or over-response by
the immune system.
Immunosuppressants are usually longer-lasting drugs
and work in a different manner,
usually by interfering with the body's white blood cells (T-cells or B-cells).
Side effects of immunosuppresants:
The main problem with immunosuppressants is that they suppress the immune system,
which is what they are supposed to do.
Unfortunately, modern immunosuppressants are not specific and suppress
all of the immune system,
leaving the patient vulnerable to a variety of opportunistic infections
that would normally be prevented by the immune system.
Patients taking immunosuppressant medications are thus
often called immunocompromised (i.e. their immune system is
compromised) and are at risk for numerous complications.
Article Excerpts about Immunosuppressive drugs
A drug given to suppress the
natural responses of the body's immune
system . Immunosuppressants are given to transplant
patients to prevent organ rejection and to patients with autoimmune
diseases like lupus. (Source: excerpt from Kidney Failure Glossary: NIDDK)
Basic Information: Immunosuppressive drugs
Immunosuppressive drugs:
Class of drugs that suppress the immune system.
Count: Immunosuppressive drugs is listed as a:
treatment for 46 conditions;
alternative treatment for 0 conditions;
preventive treatment for 0 conditions;
research treatment for 0 conditions.
Treatments: list of all treatments
List of Diseases with Immunosuppressive drugs as a Treatment
The following list of conditions
have 'Immunosuppressive drugs' or similar
listed as a treatment in our database:
A
Arteritis
... immunosuppressantsAutoimmune diseases
... ImmunosuppressantsB
Behcet's Disease
... Immunosuppressive drugsC
Chronic Discoid lupus
... ImmunosuppressivesChronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
... immunosuppressant drugsCollagenous Colitis
... ImmunosuppressantsCrohn's disease
... ImmunosuppressivesD
Dermatomyositis
... immunosuppressantsE
Eczema
... immunosuppressive drugsEndocarditis
... immunosuppressantsG
Glomerulonephritis
... immunosuppressantsGoodpasture syndrome
... immunosuppressive drugsL
Lupus
... immunosuppressantsLupus erythematosus tumidus
... ImmunosuppressivesLymphoid interstitial pneumonia
... Immunosuppressive medicationsM
Myasthenia Gravis
... immunosuppressantsP
Palmoplantar pustular psoriasis
... ImmunosuppressantsPemphigus
... immunosuppressantsPolyarteritis nodosa
... immunosuppressantsR
Reiter’s syndrome
... ImmunosuppressantsRheumatoid arthritis
... immunosuppresssive medicationsS
Schilder's Disease
... immunosuppressive therapyScleritis
... immunosuppressantsSjogren's Syndrome
... immunosuppressants, immunosuppressive drugsSubacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus
... ImmunosuppressantsSubcutaneous lupus erythematosus psoariasiform type
... ImmunosuppressantsSympathetic ophthalmitis
... immunosuppressantsSystemic Lupus Erythematosus with Hemolytic Anemia, Susceptibility to, 1
... ImmunosuppressantsSystemic Lupus Erythematosus with Nephritis, Susceptibility to, 1
... ImmunosuppressantsSystemic Lupus Erythematosus with Vitiligo, Susceptibility to, 1
... ImmunosuppressantsSystemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 1
... ImmunosuppressantsSystemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 10
... ImmunosuppressantsSystemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 11
... ImmunosuppressantsSystemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 12
... ImmunosuppressantsSystemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 13
... ImmunosuppressantsSystemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 2
... ImmunosuppressantsSystemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 3
... ImmunosuppressantsSystemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 4
... ImmunosuppressantsSystemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 5
... ImmunosuppressantsSystemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 6
... ImmunosuppressantsSystemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 7
... ImmunosuppressantsSystemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 8
... ImmunosuppressantsSystemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 9
... ImmunosuppressantsT
Temporal arteritis
... immunosuppressantsThrombocytopenia
... immunosuppressantsTransplants
... immunosuppressive drugs
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