Generic name:belatacept [ bel-AT-a-sept ]
Drug class:Selective immunosuppressants
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on Feb 21, 2022.
What is Nulojix?
Nulojix weakens your body's immune system, to help keep it from "rejecting" a transplanted organ such as a kidney. Organ rejection happens when the immune system treats the new organ as an invader and attacks it.
Nulojix is used with other medicines to prevent organ rejection after a kidney transplant.
Nulojix is given only to people who have been exposed to the Epstein-Barr virus (your doctor will test your blood to confirm this).
Warnings
You should not use Nulojix if you have received a liver transplant. Before you start treatment, your doctor will perform tests to make sure you are immune to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV-positive). Your risk of serious infection is higher if you have never been exposed to EBV.
Nulojix may cause your body to overproduce white blood cells. This can lead to cancer, severe brain infection causing disability or death, or a viral infection causing kidney transplant failure.
Call your doctor right away if you have: fever, swollen glands, flu symptoms, night sweats, weight loss, vomiting, diarrhea, burning when you urinate, blood in your urine, a new skin lesion, any change in your mental state, decreased vision, weakness on one side of your body, problems with speech or walking, or pain around your transplant.
Before taking this medicine
You should not be treated with Nulojix if you are allergic to be...
