immunosuppressive drug
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immunosuppressive
adjective
uk/ˌɪm.jə.nəʊ.səˈpres.ɪv/us/ˌɪm.jəˌnoʊ.səˈpres.ɪv/
preventing the immune system from reacting to antigens, for example in order to prevent transplanted organs from ...
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drug
noun[C]
uk/drʌɡ/us/drʌɡ/
any natural or artificially made chemical that is used as ...
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Research in other fields of autoimmune disease has led to the development of numerousimmunosuppressivedrugoptions, although few ever reach the market.
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They act as anti-inflammatory agents and as animmunosuppressivedrug.
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Although the three drugs were all effective, triamcinolone acetonide is the preferred drug, since it is a long-termimmunosuppressivedrugand requires administration only for every 10 days.
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Rapamune is animmunosuppressivedrugthat prevents the bodys immune system from rejecting a transplanted organ.
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Furthermore, the toxic side-effects of the immunosuppressive drugs have been reduced.
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They looked at the inheritance of autoimmune disease, and their use ofimmunosuppressivedrugcyclophosphamide to treat the disease influenced the use of immunosuppressive drugs in human autoimmune disease.
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Barnard persisted until the advent of ciclosporin, an effectiveimmunosuppressivedrug, which helped revive the operation throughout the world.
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Methotrexate is anotherimmunosuppressivedrug.
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Over the past decade, several new immunosuppressive drugs have been developed, of which some are now being used in clinical practice.
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First, graft rejection, which can be prevented by the use of immunosuppressive drugs.
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Treatment is with immunosuppressive drugs, particularly steroids and azathioprine, or ursodeoxycholic acid.
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The hope is that such agents will prove effective at modulating pathogenic inflammation without causing systemic immunosuppression or other deleterious effects that are typically associated with conventional immunosuppressive drugs.
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The situation is rather different in cardiac transplantation, because graft function is less easy to monitor and the doses of immunosuppressive drugs tend to be higher.
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Much of this improvement is due to the development of sophisticated immunosuppressive drugs that inhibit the rejection response mediated by the immune system of the recipient.
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In a vast majority of cases the leucoencephalopathy was superimposed on diseases which impair the immune system, and recently has been diagnosed in cases following the administration of immunosuppressive drugs.
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The committee also considered the possibility of increased susceptibility among patients in hospital, pregnant women and people who are taking immunosuppressive drugs.
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Thirdly, the development of surgical skill and immunosuppressive drugs has greatly increased the success rates, and therefore demand, for transplantation.
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The letter goes on to state that "the use of powerful cytotoxic and immunosuppressive drugs" is necessary in this case, together with frequent in-patient admissions.
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Research is being conducted into the development of new immunosuppressive drugs, but we are not aware of any that are yet beyond the experimental stage.
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However, he succumbed to pneumonia as he was taking immunosuppressive drugs.
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