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What is Mycophenolate?

Mycophenolate is an immunosuppressant agent indicated for the prevention organ rejection in patients receiving allogeneic renal, cardiac or hepatic transplants. Mycophenolate should be used concomitantly with cyclosporine and corticosteroids.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Prevent organ rejection 426 24 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Transplant rejection prevention 265 67 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 58 13 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Transplant rejection 28 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Kidney Transplant 26 3 Efficacy_major
Neuromyelitis Optica 26 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 12
Moderate
 29
Mild
 47
None
 51

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Mycophenolate

Diarrhea 10
Hair loss (alopecia) 7
Tremor in hands 5
Fatigue 5
Diarrhea chronic 4
Nausea 3
See all 79 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Mycophenolate. See all 40 dosages ►

  250 mg daily 500 mg daily 720 mg daily 750 mg daily 1,000 mg daily 1,440 mg daily 1,500 mg daily 2,000 mg daily 2,500 mg daily 3,000 mg daily
  34 Number of Patients: 34 141 Number of Patients: 141 10 Number of Patients: 10 27 Number of Patients: 27 273 Number of Patients: 273 6 Number of Patients: 6 124 Number of Patients: 124 213 Number of Patients: 213 12 Number of Patients: 12 30 Number of Patients: 30  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Mycophenolate (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 45   Side effects too severe: 36%
Doctor's advice 42   Doctor's advice: 34%
Other 35   Other: 28%
Did not seem to work 14   Did not seem to work: 11%
Course of treatment ended 9   Course of treatment ended: 7%
Personal research 3   Personal research: 2%
Change in health plan coverage 3   Change in health plan coverage: 2%
Expense 1   Expense: 1%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 1%

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

Currently Taking Mycophenolate

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Mycophenolate

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Mycophenolate

Always
 121 87%
Usually
 13 9%
Sometimes
 2 1%
Never
 3 2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Mycophenolate

Very
 7 5%
Somewhat
 11 8%
A little
 31 22%
Not at all
 90 65%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Mycophenolate

$200+
 9 10%
$100-199
 8 9%
$50-99
 12 13%
$25-49
 11 12%
< $25
 49 54%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.