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What is Mycophenolic acid?

Mycophenolic acid is an immunosuppressant agent, it is used to prevent organ rejection in allogeneic renal transplants. Off-label it is used for moderate–severe psoriasis; proliferative lupus nephritis; myasthenia gravis; prevention and treatment of graft-versus-host disease.

Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 5
Mild
 9
None
 9

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Mycophenolic acid

Diarrhea 4
Nausea and vomiting 3
Very low white blood cell count 2
Forgetfulness 2
Anxious mood 1
Nausea 1
See all 28 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Mycophenolic acid. See all 18 dosages ►

  180 mg daily 360 mg daily 540 mg daily 700 mg daily 720 mg daily 1,080 mg daily 1,260 mg daily 1,440 mg daily 1,500 mg daily 2,160 mg daily
  5 Number of Patients: 5 22 Number of Patients: 22 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 58 Number of Patients: 58 16 Number of Patients: 16 2 Number of Patients: 2 27 Number of Patients: 27 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Mycophenolic acid (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 3   Other: 75%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 50%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 25%

See all 4 patients who’ve stopped taking Mycophenolic acid

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Mycophenolic acid

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Stopped Taking Mycophenolic acid

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Mycophenolic acid

Always
 23 92%
Usually
 1 4%
Sometimes
 1 4%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Mycophenolic acid

Very
 3 12%
Somewhat
 2 8%
A little
 4 16%
Not at all
 16 64%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Mycophenolic acid

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 6%
$50-99
 3 18%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 12 71%

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Report created on May 24, 2012.