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Cyclosporin Treatment Report
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Brand Names:
Restasis
What is Cyclosporin? Cyclosporin is an immunosuppressant drug widely used in post-allogeneic organ transplant to reduce the activity of the patient's immune system and so the risk of organ rejection. It has been studied in transplants of skin, heart, kidney, lung, pancreas, bone marrow and small intestine.
Reasons Taken
13 patients in the community are taking or have taken Cyclosporin.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 8 | 61% |
| Blurry vision/eye pain | 1 | 7% |
| Pain | 1 | 7% |
| Inflammation of interior of eye (Pars planitis) | 1 | 7% |
| Dry eyes/burning eyes | 1 | 7% |
| Sjogrens syndrome | 1 | 7% |
Dosages
Based on the patients currently taking Cyclosporin.
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Cyclosporin or how long patients were taking Cyclosporin before stopping.
Currently taking Cyclosporin
Stopped taking Cyclosporin
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 3 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 100% | 1 |
|---|
Inflammation of interior of eye (Pars planitis)
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 0% | 0 |
| None | 100% | 3 |
Summary results are based on 3 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 3)
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- Yuman
- Mouth/throat: moderate
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: mild
- Legs: moderate
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by Yuman
Oct 29, 2008
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsNone
- Other
- See full evaluation
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