Mycept 500mg Tablet

What is a Mycept 500mg Tablet?

Mycept 500mg Tablet contains salt called Mycophenolate Sodium. This medicine is indicated for patients who have undergone transplants that include heart, liver, or kidney. This medication is given to avoid organ rejections. Rejections occur when our immune system identifies the new organ as a foreign body attacks it. The medication is given in combination with other medications such as corticosteroids and cyclosporin 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 Panacea Biotec Limited. It is used with other medications to help to prevent transplant organ rejection (attack of the transplanted organ by the immune system of the person receiving organ) in adults who have received heart and liver transplants and in adults and children 3 months of age and older who have received kidney transplants. It is used with other medications to help to prevent the body from rejecting kidney transplants. Mycophenolate is in a class of medications called immunosuppressive agents. It works to weaken the body’s immune system so it will not attack and reject the transplanted organ.

What is transplanted rejection?

Rejection is your body’s way of not accepting a kidney transplant. Rejection is most common in the first six months after surgery but it can occur at any time. Transplant rejection occurs when transplanted tissue is rejected by the recipient’s immune system., which destroys the transplanted tissue. 

The transplanted team can usually recognize and treat a rejection before it causes any major or irreversible damage. It is important for you to continuously take your medications as prescribed by your doctor and have regular blood tests to know your health conditions.

What is a Kidney transplant?

A kidney transplant is a surgical procedure that’s done to treat kidney failure. 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. 

People whose kidneys have failed may undergo a treatment called dialysis. This treatment filters waste that builds up in the bloodstream when the kidneys stop working. 

Some people whose kidneys have failed may undergo a kidney transplant. In this procedure, one or both kidneys are replaced with donor kidneys from a live or deceased person.

• 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?

A liver transplant is a surgery to replace a diseased liver with a healthy liver from another person. A whole liver may be transplanted, or just part of one. In most cases, a healthy liver will come from an organ donor who has just died. Sometimes a healthy living person will donate part of their liver whose blood is a good match. People who donate part of their liver can have a healthy life with the liver that is left.

Your liver is the largest internal organ and performs several critical functions including processing nutrients, producing bile, making proteins, removing bacteria, preventing infection, and regulating immune responses.

• 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 declare the donor brain dead.

• 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

The amount of Mycept 500mg Tablet you take depends on the type of transplant you have. You should take it on an empty stomach, at least one hour before or two hours after a meal. 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 Mycept 500mg Tablet

• In the treatment of prevention of transplantation rejection

Organ rejection occurs 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. Mycept 500 mg Tablet is prescribed for the following indications to prevent organ rejection.

Side effects of Mycept 500mg Capsule

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 Mycept 500mg Tablet?

The amount of Mycept 500mg Tablet you take depends on the type of transplant you have. You should take it on an empty stomach, at least one hour before or two hours after a meal. 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 Mycept 500mg Tablet work?

Mycept 500mg Tablet is an immunosuppressive drug. It inhibits the body’s defense mechanism (the immune system) from acting and prevents the transplanted organ from being rejected.