NEORAL Reviews (CYCLOSPORINE)

Average Rating: 4.0 (27 Ratings)

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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)

  

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 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
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 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  Renal transplantation 2004 Brown crusty lesions spreading over my torso. Some were so bad they had to be surgically removed. Extreme exhaustion. Seriously upset stomach. Skin rashes. Eleven years ago i had a kidney transplant and since then i have been prescribed Neoral. As the years passed by torso became covered with crusty brown patches, like moles, but larger. Some i even had to have surgically removed. They itch terribly. I do not like this drug. I feel it does more harm than good in as much as it really destroys the immune system. I also feel it is time that as patients we no longer accepted the initial lame excuses of what this drug 'may' cause. It DOES! I can assure you. The gums overgrow the teeth as well, and bleeding and pain also occurs. Extreme stomache upsets and exhaustion daily. Joint pain and walking difficulties occur over the years. So nasty to have to have this day in day and its a sad fact that the kidney is gradually poisoned by the dugs eventually anyhow. Why are the drug companies so coy about the effects? M 50 11 years
100 2X day		 11/11/2015
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 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
 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
 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

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