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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.

Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
4
Moderate
12
Mild
24
None
35

Most commonly reported side effects

Diarrhea
6
Diarrhea chronic
4
Hair loss (alopecia)
3
Nausea
3
Tremor in hands
3
Nausea and vomiting
3
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Mycophenolate. See all 35 dosages

  0 250mg as needed 1000 mg all the time (24/7) 2 500mg as needed 360 mg all the time (24/7) daily 0.5 mL daily 2 transplant daily 4 mg daily 8 mg daily 180 mg daily 200 mg daily 250 mg daily 360 mg daily 400 mg daily 460 mg daily 500 mg daily 540 mg daily 720 mg daily 750 mg daily 800 mg daily 840 mg daily 900 mg daily 1000 mg daily 1080 mg daily 1250 mg daily 1440 mg daily 1500 mg daily 1750 mg daily 2000 mg daily 2250 mg daily 2500 mg daily 3000 mg daily 3500 mg daily 4000 mg daily 250000 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 13 Number of Patients: 13 10 Number of Patients: 10 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 57 Number of Patients: 57 1 Number of Patients: 1 33 Number of Patients: 33 15 Number of Patients: 15 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 140 Number of Patients: 140 5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2 12 Number of Patients: 12 62 Number of Patients: 62 1 Number of Patients: 1 124 Number of Patients: 124 1 Number of Patients: 1 12 Number of Patients: 12 16 Number of Patients: 16 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Mycophenolate (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
16   Doctor's advice: 33%
Other
14   Other: 29%
Side effects too severe
13   Side effects too severe: 27%
Did not seem to work
10   Did not seem to work: 21%
Course of treatment ended
4   Course of treatment ended: 8%
Personal research
1   Personal research: 2%
Expense
1   Expense: 2%
Change in health plan coverage
1   Change in health plan coverage: 2%
Not indicated
1   Not indicated: 2%

See all 46 patients who’ve stopped taking Mycophenolate

Currently Taking Mycophenolate

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

Stopped Taking Mycophenolate

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
70 93%
Usually
4 5%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
1 1%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
3 4%
Somewhat
5 7%
A little
20 27%
Not at all
47 63%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
4 5%
$100-199
5 7%
$50-99
9 12%
$25-49
7 9%
< $25
27 36%

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.

Report created on September 02, 2010.