Generic Cellcept
Mycophenolate mofetil 250/500mg

All About Cellcept

Cellcept is an important drug, primarily because it is used in very serious situations. One of them is post-organ transplant; Cellcept is used after the surgery to reduce the likelihood that the recipient's body will reject the new organs. Recently, it has also been used as an alternative to chemotherapy for patients battling lupus nephritis. In both of these uses, Cellcept can be considered life-changing (sometimes even life-saving). Just consider what could happen without it: a failed transplant can result in death, for example, while a round of chemotherapy can leave patients withered, bald, emaciated and more.

In its function as a chemotherapy-alternative, Cellcept has been well-received by both the medical community and the patients prescribed the drug. This is largely due to the fact that the medical community has been waiting a long time for advances to cure lupus nephritis - and its root cause, lupus - in a gentler fashion for some time now. Indeed, most of the other available medications are literally decades old. One representative from the Lupus Foundation of America, Inc. referred to the presence of an alternative as being “very important.”

Studies of Cellcept have only indicated increased success when compared to chemotherapy in the treatment of lupus nephritis. Lupus nephritis is actually a kidney complication, which is sometimes characterized by bloody pee, foamy urine and generalized swelling of the body. If not treated, it can result in death.

The majority of people for whom Cellcept is helpful are women, as they are most likely to be afflicted with lupus; nevertheless, men can both get the disease and be treated with Cellcept. If you think that you fall into the category of potential beneficiaries of the drug, contact your doctor about getting a prescription. However, if your doctor advises against it, he or she will most likely be right in insisting it’s not for you.