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Transplant & Immune Medicines
Medicines that calm the immune system to protect a transplanted organ — and the related immune-suppressing medicines used in autoimmune disease. Kidney effects matter greatly in this group, so most entries carry a kidney note.
This page lists all 16 of them in the guide. Open any medicine for its uses, common side effects, major cautions and kidney note.
| Medicine | Brand names | Used for |
|---|---|---|
| Antithymocyte globulin | Thymoglobulin | Preventing rejection after kidney transplant; Treating acute transplant rejection |
| Azathioprine | Imuran | Preventing organ rejection after kidney transplant; Rheumatoid arthritis |
| Basiliximab | Simulect | Preventing early rejection around kidney transplantation; Induction therapy at the time of transplant (hospital) |
| Belatacept | Nulojix | Preventing organ rejection after kidney transplant; Kidney transplant maintenance as an alternative to calcineurin inhibitors |
| Belimumab | Benlysta | Lupus; Lupus nephritis (kidney inflammation from lupus) |
| Cyclosporine | Neoral, Sandimmune, Gengraf | Preventing organ rejection after transplantation; Severe rheumatoid arthritis |
| Everolimus | Zortress, Afinitor | Preventing organ rejection after kidney and liver transplants; Certain cancers (a related product) |
| Ganciclovir | Cytovene | Treating cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections in people with weak immune systems; Preventing CMV disease after transplant (hospital use) |
| Letermovir | Prevymis | Preventing cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection after stem cell transplant; Preventing CMV disease after kidney transplant in high-risk patients |
| Mycophenolate mofetil | CellCept | Preventing organ rejection after kidney, heart, and liver transplants; Lupus nephritis and other autoimmune diseases |
| Mycophenolic acid | Myfortic | Preventing organ rejection after kidney transplant; Preventing rejection in heart transplant (clinician-directed use) |
| Rituximab | Rituxan | Certain lymphomas and leukemias; Rheumatoid arthritis |
| Sirolimus | Rapamune | Preventing organ rejection after kidney transplant; A rare lung disease (lymphangioleiomyomatosis) |
| Tacrolimus | Prograf, Envarsus, Astagraf | Preventing organ rejection after kidney, liver, heart, and other transplants; Eczema (ointment form) |
| Valganciclovir | Valcyte | Preventing cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease after organ transplant; Treating CMV infections, including eye infections in people with weak immune systems |
| Voclosporin | Lupkynis | Lupus nephritis, combined with other immunosuppressants; Active lupus kidney inflammation |
Please note: This page is a patient-education summary, not medical advice, and it deliberately contains no doses. Medicines affect everyone differently — always follow your own prescription and talk to your doctor or pharmacist before starting, stopping or changing any medicine.