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What is CellCept?

Cellcept is a brand name for the drug mycophenolate mofetil, an immunosuppressant used with other medicines to prevent organ rejection following kidney, liver, or heart transplants. It may also be used off-label for immune-modulated conditions such as lupus.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Slow my Devic's progress 9 4

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
1 25%
None
3 75%

Dosages

  500 mg daily 1000 mg daily 1500 mg daily 2000 mg daily 3000 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking CellCept (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
2 100% Doctor's advice: 100%

See all 2 patients who’ve stopped taking CellCept

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking CellCept

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

Stopped Taking CellCept

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
3 75%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
1 25%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
1 25%
A little
1 25%
Not at all
2 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
1 25%
$25-49
1 25%
< $25
1 25%

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Report created on November 23, 2009.