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What do patients take to treat Lupus Nephritis and its symptoms?

Commonly prescribed and frequently used treatments

Treatment name	Efficacy	Overall rating of side effects	# of Evaluations
Prednisone (Encorton, Deltasone, Pronizon)	1 (33%) experienced major efficacy 2 (67%) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (0%) experienced slight efficacy 0 (0%) experienced no efficacy 0 (0%) could not tell	1 (33%) experienced severe side effects 1 (33%) experienced moderate side effects 0 (0%) experienced mild side effects 1 (33%) experienced no side effects	3
Cyclophosphamide (Endoxan, HiCY (High Intensity Cytoxan), Cytoxan)	2 (100%) experienced major efficacy 0 (0%) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (0%) experienced slight efficacy 0 (0%) experienced no efficacy 0 (0%) could not tell	0 (0%) experienced severe side effects 1 (50%) experienced moderate side effects 1 (50%) experienced mild side effects 0 (0%) experienced no side effects	2
Mycophenolate (CellCept)	1 (50%) experienced major efficacy 0 (0%) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (0%) experienced slight efficacy 1 (50%) experienced no efficacy 0 (0%) could not tell	1 (50%) experienced severe side effects 0 (0%) experienced moderate side effects 1 (50%) experienced mild side effects 0 (0%) experienced no side effects	2
Azathioprine (Imurek, Azasan, Azapress, Imurel)	1 (100%) experienced major efficacy 0 (0%) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (0%) experienced slight efficacy 0 (0%) experienced no efficacy 0 (0%) could not tell	0 (0%) experienced severe side effects 0 (0%) experienced moderate side effects 0 (0%) experienced mild side effects 1 (100%) experienced no side effects	1
Mycophenolic acid (Myfortic)	0 (NaN) experienced major efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced slight efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced no efficacy 0 (NaN) could not tell	0 (NaN) experienced severe side effects 0 (NaN) experienced moderate side effects 0 (NaN) experienced mild side effects 0 (NaN) experienced no side effects	0

These charts show data from Lupus Nephritis patients' latest treatment evaluations

Who has Lupus Nephritis at PatientsLikeMe?

106 patients have this condition
15 New patients joined this month
41 say Lupus Nephritis is their primary condition

<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60-69	70+
Current Age
3 patients	23 patients	42 patients	17 patients	10 patients	2 patients	0 patients

Distribution of females vs. males
Gender
93%	Females
7%	Males

Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom	# of patients	Proportion
0-19 yrs	22	22
20-29 yrs	20	20
30-39 yrs	15	15
40-49 yrs	2	2
50-59 yrs	0	0
60-69 yrs	0	0
70+ yrs	0	0

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status	# of patients	Proportion
Diagnosed	81	81
Not Officially Diagnosed	3	3

These charts show data from Lupus Nephritis patients who have completed their condition history

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