What is CellCept made of?

What is CellCept made of?

Each vial of CellCept Intravenous contains the equivalent of 500 mg mycophenolate mofetil as the hydrochloride salt. The inactive ingredients are polysorbate 80, 25 mg, and citric acid, 5 mg. Sodium hydroxide may have been used in the manufacture of CellCept Intravenous to adjust the pH.

Is CellCept considered chemotherapy?

No, CellCept isn’t a chemotherapy drug. Chemotherapy drugs work by destroying all cells that are growing quickly. This works in cancer treatment because cancer cells grow more quickly than normal healthy cells. However, chemotherapy drugs can’t tell the difference between healthy cells and cancer cells.

Is CellCept and mycophenolate the same thing?

CellCept® (mycophenolate mofetil) is a prescription medicine for people who have had a kidney, heart, or liver transplant. CellCept can help prevent rejection of the transplanted organ.

What category of drug is CellCept?

It belongs to a class of medications called immunosuppressants. It works by weakening your body’s defense system (immune system) to help your body accept the new organ as if it were your own.

Is CellCept a corticosteroid?

Mycophenolate mofetil, the main ingredient of CellCept, is one among the non-steroid medications being considered as an alternative to prednisone in treating sarcoidosis.

What does CellCept do to your body?

CELLCEPT weakens the body’s immune system and affects your ability to fight infections. Serious infections can happen with CELLCEPT and can lead to hospitalizations and death. These serious infections can include: Viral infections.

Is Cellcept a corticosteroid?

What does Cellcept do to your body?

Is CellCept the same as prednisone?

CellCept and prednisone belong to different drug classes. CellCept is an immunosuppressive agent and prednisone is a glucocorticoid. Side effects of CellCept and prednisone that are similar include nausea, headache, vomiting, and trouble sleeping (insomnia).

What should I monitor with Cellcept?

Patients receiving CellCept should be monitored for neutropenia. Neutropenia has been observed most frequently in the period from 31 to 180 days post-transplant in patients treated for prevention of kidney, heart and liver rejection.

What is the generic name for CellCept 250 mg?

Generic Name: mycophenolate mofetil Pill with imprint CellCept 250 Roche is Orange & Turquoise, Capsule-shape and has been identified as CellCept 250 mg. CellCept is used in the treatment of nephrotic syndrome; organ transplant, rejection prophylaxis and belongs to the drug class selective immunosuppressants.

What is Cellcept used to treat?

CellCept is used in the treatment of nephrotic syndrome; organ transplant, rejection prophylaxis and belongs to the drug class selective immunosuppressants. There is positive evidence of human fetal risk during pregnancy. CellCept 250 mg is not a controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Note: Inactive ingredients may vary.

What is this pill – with ‘250 mg’ imprint?

CellCept 250 Roche (CellCept 250 mg) Pill with imprint CellCept 250 Roche is Orange & Turquoise, Capsule-shape and has been identified as CellCept 250 mg.

What is the composition of CellCept intravenous?

CellCept Intravenous is available as a sterile white to off-white lyophilized powder in vials containing mycophenolate mofetil hydrochloride for administration by intravenous infusion only. Each vial of CellCept Intravenous contains the equivalent of 500 mg mycophenolate mofetil as the hydrochloride salt.