Immunosuppressant drugs

Immunosuppressant drugs have been used for many years to treat acute exacerbations (relapses). Drugs used include corticosteroids such as prednisone and methylprednisone; the hormone adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH); and azathioprine.
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Taking immunosuppressant drugs after an organ transplant.
Being exposed to certain pesticides.
A diet high in meats and fat.
Past treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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In recent years, immunosuppressant drugs have been utilized with fair success to treat individuals with severe flair-ups of Crohn's disease. This is a change from the time when your father had this disease.
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Like other immunosuppressant drugs, cyclosporine increases your risk of infection and other health problems, including cancer.
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In the area of transplantation, researchers are working on better immunosuppressant drugs that should make heart transplants safer and more effective.
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For most others, immunosuppressant drugs can control the disease. In adults, death may result from severe and prolonged muscle weakness, malnutrition, pneumonia, or respiratory failure. The probable outcome is usually worse if the lungs are involved.
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Those with weakened immune systems, such individuals with HIV, or transplant patients taking immunosuppressant drugs, are also at higher risk. Most individuals with anal cancer are over the age of 50.
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These patients may respond to larger doses of steroids, more prolonged use of steroids, or steroids in combination with immunosuppressant drugs, such as chlorambucil, cyclophosphamide, or cyclosporine.
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