Mofecon S 180mg Tablet

What is Mofecon S 180mg Tablet?

Mofecon S 180mg Tablet contains Mycophenolate sodium as the active constituent. This medicine is indicated for patients who have undergone transplants that include the liver, kidney, or heart. This medication is given to avoid organ rejections. Rejections occur when our immune system identifies the new organ as a foreign body attacks it. This medication is given in combination with other medicines such as corticosteroids and cyclosporine which also possess immunosuppressive action. 

What Mycophenolate Sodium drug is used for?

Mycophenolate Sodium is sold under the brand name Myfortic. It is manufactured in India by Concord Biotech Limited. This medicine is used in combination with other medications to keep your body from attacking and rejecting your transplanted organ. Rejection is when the body’s immune system perceives the new organ as a foreign threat and attacks it. It belongs to a class of medications called immunosuppressants. It lowers the body’s immunity in patients who receive organ transplants such as kidney, liver, or heart transplants. It weakens the body’s immune system and affects your ability to fight infections.

What is transplant rejection?

Each person is a one-of-a-kind collection of cells, tissues, and organs. The body system that recognizes a person’s cells and tissues are called the immune system. Rejection is a process in which the immune system finds foreign cells and tissues in the body. It attempts to destroy them to protect the body from harm,

When a person receives a kidney transplant, the immune system sees it as foreign and attempts to reject it by producing cells and or antibodies that occupy and damage the kidney. To prevent the immune system from damaging the transplanted kidney, you will take immunosuppressant ( anti-rejection ) drugs. It is very important to take your medications every day, as prescribed by your doctor. A sudden decline in kidney transplant functions due to injury caused by the immune system can occur despite taking these medications. These events are called “ rejections”.

What is a kidney transplant?

Kidney transplantation is the start of a new lease on life. While most kidney transplants are successful, complications can occur such as kidney rejection. When a kidney is placed your body reacts as if it is a foreign body. Immunosuppressive medicines can help prevent your immune system from damaging your new kidney. 

The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs located on each side of the spine just below the rib cage. Each is about the size of a fist. Their main function is to filter and remove waste, minerals, and fluid from the blood by producing urine. 

• 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 the largest abdominal organ. The liver weighs about 1200 – 1500 grams on average roughly 2% of body weight. The liver as a whole has a hepatic artery supplying oxygenated blood, a portal vein carrying blood from the intestines to the liver, and bile ducts, draining bile formed in the liver to the intestines. Blood from the liver is delivered to the heart – via – three hepatic veins.

A liver transplant means removing a whole or part of the liver from a deceased living donor, and placing and attaching it to a patient after removing the whole or the diseased 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 surgical transplantation that is performed on patients with end-stage heart failure or severe coronary artery disease. The patient’s heart is replaced with a donor’s healthy heart and is performed as a life-saving measure.

A heart transplant is the last option and is performed when other heart transplant treatments have failed. It is done in cases of severe 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 S 180mg Tablet comes as a capsule, a tablet, a delayed release tablet, and a suspension to take by mouth. It is usually taken twice a day on an empty stomach, 1 hour before or 2 hours after eating or drinking. 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 S 180mg Tablet

• In the treatment of prevention of transplantation rejection

Mofecon S 180mg Tablet has a place with a get-together of prescriptions known as immunosuppressive specialists. It brings down your safe reaction and diminishes the chance of your body attacking the relocated organ. Organ excusal happens when your immune system regards the new organ as an interpreter and abuses it. The prescription may be utilized in a mix with various needs to smother the immune system and help your body undergo the new organ.

Side effects of Mofecon S 180mg 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 S 180mg Tablet taken?

Mofecon S 180mg Tablet comes as a capsule, a tablet, a delayed release tablet, and a suspension to take by mouth. It is usually taken twice a day on an empty stomach, 1 hour before or 2 hours after eating or drinking. 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 S 180mg Tablet work?

Mofecon S 180mg Tablet is an enteric-coated pill that will pass into the stomach and get dissolved in the intestine. This medicine belongs to the class of immunosuppressive agents that reversibly inhibits the enzyme inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase which plays a significant role in purine synthesis. Therefore it affects the immune cells and impairs them to produce antibodies in response to new organ transplantation. This medicine has been developed for gastric tolerability.