Description
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Uses
Cyclosporine is used during transplant procedures, certain eye conditions (endogenous uveitis, including Behçet's uveitis), skin diseases (atopic dermatitis, or eczema and psoriasis), severe rheumatoid arthritis (inflammatory disorder that typically affects the small joints in hands and feet), severe acute ulcerative colitis (disease that causes ulcers on the lining of the large gut) and a kidney disease called nephrotic syndrome.
How it works
Cyclosporine belongs to a class of drugs called immunosuppressive agents. It lowers the body’s immune response thereby preventing the attack on the transplanted tissue or the body’s own cells.
Common side effects
A lack or loss of appetite, Chills, Decreased urination, And headache, Common: vision problems, Hypertension, Gingival hypertrophy, Hypertrichosis, Paraesthesia, Hepatoxicity, Dark urine, Tremor, Dizziness, And swelling of gums, Stomach upset, Unusual bleeding or bruising, Hyperkalaemia., Severe or persistent diarrhea, Yellowing eyes/skin, Blood in the urine, Acne, Pass black tarry stools, Facial oedema, Persistent cough
