Mofecon 500mg Tablet

What is a Mofecon 500mg Tablet?

Mofecon 500mg Tablet contains salt called Mycophenolate mofetil. It is an immunosuppressant. It is used with other medicines to prevent your body from organ rejection in patients who have undergone kidney, liver, or heart transplants. It produces its action by reducing the activity of the immune system so that it will not attack the transplanted organ.

What Mycophenolate mofetil drug is used for?

Mycophenolate mofetil is sold under the brand name Cellcept. It is manufactured in India by Concord Biotech Limited. It is a prescription medicine for people who have had a kidney, liver, or heart transplant. It is used with liver or heart transplants in adults. It is for use with a kidney transplant in adults and children at least 3 months old.

This medicine may increase your risk of cancer, serious infections, or kidney transplant failure. Mycophenolate mofetil can help to prevent the rejection of the transplanted organ. After the transplant, you may take several of these anti-rejection medicines to keep your immune system from rejecting the transplant.

What is transplant rejection?

Rejection is a very fearful word, but it doesn’t always mean you are losing your transplanted organ. Rejection is when the organ recipient’s immune system recognizes the donor organ as foreign and attempts to eliminate it. It occurs when your immune system detects things like bacteria or a virus. Rejection occurs with every transplant. 

Despite the use of immunosuppressant therapy, acute rejection can occur and often lead to chronic rejection. Chronic rejection is characterized by gradual loss of organ function. It can occur weeks, months, or years after transplantation. 

What is a Kidney transplant?

A kidney transplant, sometimes known as a renal transplant, is a treatment for kidney failure at end-stage renal disease. Kidney transplant surgery is a major failure during which a person with kidney failure receives a new kidney either from a living donor or a deceased donor. A successful kidney transplant is the closest to natural kidney function and is considered the most effective treatment for a kidney transplant. It offers a chance for a longer and healthier life.

• What are the requirements of a kidney transplant?

Each hospital has its criteria but in general, candidates should have:

End-stage renal failure an be on dialysis

Late-stage chronic kidney disease

A life expectancy of at least five years

A full understanding of postoperative instructions and care.

What is a Liver transplant?

The liver is a vital organ, meaning that one cannot live without it. The liver serves many critical functions including metabolism of drugs and toxins, removing degradation products of normal body metabolism, and synthesis of many important proteins and enzymes. 

A liver transplant is an operation that replaces a patient’s diseased liver with a whole or partial healthy liver from another person. Transplantation is the only cure for insufficiency or liver failure because no device or machine performs all the functions of the liver. 

• What are the requirements of a liver transplant?

The minimum requirements for liver transplant are:

Signs of liver failure

Surgery and recovery

Risk of alcohol or drug abuse

Liver cancer 

Cirrhosis

What is a heart transplant?

A heart transplant is a surgery to remove the diseased heart from a person and replace it with a healthy one from an organ donor. To remove the heart from the donor, two or more healthcare providers must declare the donor brain dead. 

You may need a heart transplant if you have end-stage heart failure, a disease in which the heart muscle is failing severely in its attempt to pump blood through the body. It means other treatments are no longer working. End-stage heart failure is the final stage of heart failure.

• What are the requirements of a heart transplant?

Some causes of heart transplant include:

Heart attack

Viral infection

High blood pressure

Heart valve disease

Irregular heartbeats

Heart defects

Alcoholism or drugs abuse

Chronic lung disease

Low red blood cell count

Heart muscle is enlarged

Mofecon 500mg Tablet is taken in the form of a pill. In adults, this medicine is taken twice daily for a total dose of 2- 3 grams per day, the dosage may be reduced in people with health conditions. The dose is usually lower than two grams a day for children.  Before taking medicine consult your doctor. Dose and duration will be decided by the necessity and need of the patient. It depends on the treatment and may change from time to time. You should take medicine as per your doctor’s advice. This medicine is strictly not recommended for children, pregnant women, and breastfeeding mothers. It takes some weeks and months to get a better result. Do not stop taking the medicine before your doctor’s advice.

Common side effects of this medicine include nausea, stomach pain, diarrhea, headache, high blood pressure, change in white blood cells, and difficulty sleeping. It lowers your immune system so you are more prone to infections. if these side effects become serious. Your doctor can prevent and give you relief from the side effects during the treatment. It makes you feel better. Regular blood tests are required to check blood cells.

The benefit of Mofecon 500mg Tablet

• In the treatment of prevention of transplantation rejection

Organ rejection when the immune system attacks the organ donated and starts to destroy the transplanted organs. It is caused by antibodies that act against the organ and it begins within minutes to hours as soon as organ transplantation.It is an immunosuppressant. This tablet is prescribed for the following indications to prevent organ rejection.

Side effects of Mofecon 500mg Tablet 

Here are Some major and minor side effects of this medicine. But not all side effects need a doctor’s attention. If you observe any side effects become serious, You may consult your doctor.

Some of the common side effects of this medicine include:

Constipation 

Diarrhea

Anxiety

Increase in blood pressure

Low white blood cell count

Infections

Cough and Dyspnea

Joint pain

Decreased calcium level

How is the Mofecon 500mg Tablet taken?

Mofecon 500mg Tablet is taken in the form of a pill. In adults, this medicine is taken twice daily for a total dose of 2- 3 grams per day, the dosage may be reduced in people with health conditions. The dose is usually lower than two grams a day for children.  Always take this medicine as per your doctor’s consultation. Dose and duration will decide your doctor. You are not allowed to crush, chew and break the medicine. Swallow it as a whole. Drink plenty of water. Do not miss the dose. If you miss a dose skip the missed dose and follow your schedule regularly on the next day. Do not double the dose. Take medicine every day on time as prescribed by your doctor. Much other medicine can affect this medicine so let your doctor know all medication you are using during the treatment.

How does the Mofecon 500mg Tablet work?

When our body encounters a foreign substance (bacteria, virus, fungus, transplanted organs or grafts)  the immune system attacks it to protect  the body. Normally this defense mechanism helps us, but in case of organ transplant, the transplanted organ is also identified as a foreign body by our immunity and is attacked by it. Mofecon tablet is given to such patients as it suppresses the immune response and prevents rejection of a kidney, liver or heart transplant.