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 & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Dry Eye Syndrome | 4 |
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1 | ||||
| Dry, burning eyes | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Sjogrens syndrome | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Inflammation, interior of eye (Pars planitis) | 1 |
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1 | ||||
| Pain | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Did not seem to work
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1 | 20% |
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Side effects too severe
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1 | 20% |
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Course of treatment ended
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1 | 20% |
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Report created on November 22, 2009.