NEORAL Reviews (CYCLOSPORINE)Average Rating: 4.0 (27 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare NEORAL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NEORAL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | Kidney Transplant | neurological symptome: Memory loss, inability to multy-task, dificulty driving. Brown patches on skin, visual disturbances, muscule spasms. | I am 9 years out of my 2 Kidney transplant. I am being taken off of neoral because of the neurological problems I stated above. This drug has been very hard on my body and my brain. | 39 | 12 years | 1/18/2005 | 5 | double-lung transplant | A little more hair growth, but nothing un bearable. My hair is also growing in a little darker to, but it's also nice to have thicker hair. | Have not had any rejection. Thank god for NEORAL | F | 24 | 10 months | 9/26/2003 | 5 | RA | Hair growth, weight gain (but may be due to methotrexate I'm also taking). | Fantastic drug which I was lucky enough to receive, but costs a fortune in NZ. Took for 8 years and has helped enormously with my disease. | F | 35 | 8 years | 7/11/2007 | 5 | Chronic autoimmune urticaria+vascul | In the beginning - nausea/strange smell&taste sensations. | Controlled the itching and inflammation from second day | F | 67 | 4 years | 7/19/2008 | 5 | Severve psorisis | Tingling / burning hands and feet, excessive hair growth on my face | this cleared my very severe psoriasis up completely within a month of taking it, I and other people started seeing improvements in my skin within 3 days. I am now on 175 daily as my kidney tests have started being not very good although my BP is fine, they want to start weaning me off and I am terrified of it all coming back with a vengeance which seems to be the case. | F | 49 | 4 months 250 1X day | 2/15/2011 | 5 | double lung transplant | This drug has been great for me no sign of rejection however it is causing kidney damage i drink 3 litres water everyday trying to flush it out seems to have no effect I know it is keeping me alive but killing my kidneys at the same time am hoping for a newer drug that does not have this side effect | F | 69 | 8 years 40 | 6/21/2013 | 5 | Chronic Urticaria | Bleeding gums (when cleaning teeth). Increased Hair growth. Lip tingling. Hands sometimes sting when going cold to hot. | Is the only thing that works for me!! My symptoms that were chronic day in and day out were cured overnight. Not in remission but would highly recommend - especially after 4 months of Prednisolone and the weight gain with that!! Hopefully can stay on for a long time. BP and Kidney function being monitered monthly at the moment, | F | 41 | 4 months | 4/20/2009 | 5 | kidney transplant | Hand tremors and hair growth are the only things I noticed! | used both sandimmune and Neoral living donor 100% match transplant! Very happy with it! wish the packets were easier to open! | F | 35 | 15 years | 1/9/2010 | 4 | heart transplant | Hxcessive hair growth on face, arms, legs. Headache. Nausea. Skin cancer. Gum overgrowth. Flu like symptoms. Weakness for about an hour after taking it. | F | 40 | 15 years 75 mg 2X day | 1/27/2014 | 4 | ppp | sickness, facial hair growth, spots | i've been drinking ginger tea to help reduce the sickness, my hands and feet are starting to get better. bloods and blood pressure so far are doing well on this medication, so fingers crossed | F | 44 | 3 months 100 3X day | 2/11/2014 | 4 | kidney transplant | I've taken this and other brands of cyclosporine for the 21 years I've had my transplant. Bad nausea in the very beginning, then no notable side effects other than extra hair growth. Currently, the side effects are those of long-term cyclosporine toxicity--basically similar to mild kidney disease. | It's poison, but what can you do? Beats dialysis, and then some... Take it with food to avoid any stomach upset. Currently I take the generic brand of cyclosporine. I prefer it because the pills are tiny, and come in a bottle instead of the blister pack...fewer unnecessary additives, too. I assume it's quite a bit cheaper than Neoral or Sandimmune, though medicaid covers it so I don't have to worry about cost. | F | 41 | 21 years | 9/20/2009 | 4 | heart transplant | hair growth, nausea, muscle aches,weakness | F | 42 | | 7/26/2005 | 4 | Severe Psoriasis | Higher blood pressure. within range | Got my psoriasis under very good control. Would rec. for anyone who passes blood tests. Very effective | F | 34 | 7 days | 8/4/2005 | 3 | severe excema | hand tremors, hair is extremely brittle. chills. | intially when i started neoral it had a fantastic improvement, i had raw skin from head to toe covered in blisters, it cleared this up in about 3weeks, i still had the odd few areas although i was pain free. Now im covered again even worse than before so not sure its for me. However talking to other patients they have had a 100% positive outcome | F | 35 | 8 months 100mg 2X day | 1/9/2012 | 3 | Pustular psoarisis | nausea, tiredness, renal/kidney function affetced, weight gain, sore gums (bleeding gums and blisters on roof of mouth), lower back ache and hips ached. | this has helped keeping psoarais under control but skin still flared up very badly after taking it for a year. The side efects are at times as bad as condition itself, but when you feel well it does work well. | F | 31 | 1 years | 12/22/2008 | 3 | severe chronic urticaria | Thickening of hair,unwanted hair on upper lip & eye brows, feeling sometimes tied,utc infection,had to go on antiboitics. | Helped some what, but didn't make the condition go in to remission in which I had hoped. | F | 33 | 6 months | 4/12/2007 | 2 | Psoriatic Arthritis | Hair growth, very high blood pressure, tingling hands and feet | was on low dosage for 3 months. blood pressure rose to very high levels after 2 months of taking the drug. ineffective on arthritis, too. | F | 34 | 3 months | 1/12/2006 | 1 | psoriasis | increased hair-growth - OK on scalp but not on upper lip -; general fatigue; tingling in feet and hands; cramp under arches in both feet; had three bouts of flu due to reduced auto-immunity; dry eyes. | This drug has exacerbated my condition. I have suffered from scalp psoriasis for 16 years with small patches also on my hips during winter months only. I took Neoral 200mg daily for 4 months, Nov 08-March 09 inclusive. I had no psoriasis at all on my hips. There was no improvement to the scalp, however. Since ceasing the drug, I now have larger than ever patches, which are extending daily, on my hips, worse scaling on my head and, more worrying, it has now spread across my forehead, upper cheeks, around my mouth and anus. Prior to taking the drug I had not had a cold for over three years: I eat well,-lots non-psoriasis-triggering, healthy food - don't drink or smoke and live in a warm, sunny climate all year round. I use chemical-free shampoo/conditioner on my hair. I guess it wasn't the right drug for me! | F | 57 | 4 months | 5/4/2009 | 5 | Haemophagocytic Lymphohistocytosys | hair growth on forehead near eyebrow, arm and back. swollen gums, feet pain while walking | M | 27 | 6 months 100MG 2X day | 1/29/2014 | 5 | heart transplant | headache, nausea, shaking, foot pain, flu like symptoms | M | 40 | | 11/30/2006 |
NEORAL (CYCLOSPORINE): Cyclosporine is used to prevent organ rejection in people who have received a liver, kidney, or heart transplant. It is usually taken along with other medications to allow your new organ to function normally. Cyclosporine is also used to treat severe cases of rheumatoid arthritis and plaque psoriasis. In these conditions, the body's defense system (immune system) attacks healthy tissues. Cyclosporine belongs to a class of drugs known as immunosuppressants. It works by weakening the immune system to help your body accept the new organ as if it were your own (in the case of an organ transplant) and to prevent further damage to your joints (in the case of rheumatoid arthritis) or skin (in the case of psoriasis). FDA Approval Date: 1995-07-14 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)