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immunosuppressant::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressive, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressor |
| Type of | medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine |
| Has types | amethopterin, purinethol, mercaptopurine, methotrexate, methotrexate sodium |
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De Beaumont's kitchen shelves were lined with immunosuppressant drugs for 11 years.
From the ocregister.com
One group of patients remained on standard immunosuppressant drug treatment.
From the sciencedaily.com
Immunosuppressant drug therapy may be effective in patients who fail standard therapy.
From the sciencedaily.com
Following the second transplant she took the immunosuppressant drugs tacrolimus and MMF.
From the sciencedaily.com
Mitoxantrone is an immunosuppressant also used in cancer chemotherapy.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Immunosuppressant drugs are likely to be needed to prevent rejection.
From the bbc.co.uk
Her immunosuppressant medication lowers the rejection risk, but raises the risk of infection.
From the courier-journal.com
In a few months, doctors will wean Jayla off immunosuppressant drugs.
From the newsobserver.com
Dramatic improvements in immunosuppressant drugs, he said, have narrowed the rejection risks.
From the dallasnews.com
A rejection will be treated with immunosuppressant medication.
From the abcnews.go.com
Because it is an immunosuppressant, it can make users susceptible to opportunistic infections.
From the time.com
Transplant patients typically start on immunosuppressant therapy on the day of surgery, he said.
From the cnn.com
The majority had no previous history of immunosuppressant therapy.
From the sciencedaily.com
Standard treatment with aspirin-type drugs and the immunosuppressant methotrexate was failing.
From the newscientist.com
The fourth medication, mitoxantrone, is an immunosuppressant also used in cancer chemotherapy.
From the en.wikipedia.org
These effects, the study shows, can be blocked by a drug currently in use as an immunosuppressant.
From the sciencedaily.com
Andrew will be on immunosuppressant drugs for his whole life and the fear of infection will be a constant.
From the bostonherald.com
Two of the patients died, one after he stopped taking immunosuppressant drugs in favour of herbal medicine.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- A drug that lowers the body's normal immune response
- An immunosuppressant is any substance that performs immunosuppression of the immune system. They may be either exogenous, as immunosuppressive drugs, or endogenous, as ,e. g., testosterone. ...
- (Immunosuppressants) these drugs, like azathioprine or cyclophosphamide, are used for serious cases of rheumatoid arthritis when other medications have failed.
- A drug that suppresses the natural immune responses. Immunosuppressants are given to transplant patients to prevent organ rejection or to patients with autoimmune diseases.
- A or other factor that prevents the immune system from reacting to foreign substances and fighting disease.
- A substance, such as the fungal metabolite, cyclosporine, (produced by the hyphomycete, Tolypocladium niveum) which partially or completely suppresses the immune system; used to prevent rejection of transplanted organs.
- A medication that prevents kidney rejection
- A drug used following transplantation to prevent rejection of the transplanted organ by suppressing the body's defense system. ...
