Generic name:mycophenolate mofetil (oral/injection) [ MYE-koe-FEN-oh-late-MOE-fe-til ]
Drug class:Selective immunosuppressants
What is CellCept?
CellCept weakens your body's immune system, to help keep it from "rejecting" a transplanted organ. Organ rejection happens when the immune system treats the new organ as an invader and attacks it.
CellCept is used to prevent organ rejection in patients who are at least three months of age who have received a liver transplant, a heart transplant, or a kidney transplant.
CellCept is used with other immunosuppressant medicines containing cyclosporine and corticosteroids.
Warnings
Cellcept can cause a miscarriage or birth defects when used during pregnancy. Both men and women should use effective birth control to prevent pregnancy during and shortly after treatment with CellCept.
Using CellCept may increase your risk of cancer, serious infections, or kidney transplant failure.
Call your doctor right away if you have symptoms such as: fever, swollen glands, weight loss, vomiting or diarrhea, painful urination, a new skin lesion, any change in your mental state, weakness on one side of your body, or pain near your transplanted kidney.
Before taking this medicine
You should not use CellCept if you are allergic to mycophenolate mofetil, mycophenolic acid, or polysorbate 80.
Talk with your doctor about the risks and benefits of CellCept. This medicine may increase your risk of cancer, serious or fatal ...
