CellCept tablets/capsules/suspension

How can this medicine affect other medicines?

The following medicines reduce the absorption of mycophenolate from the gut and therefore reduce its blood level: - antacids (indigestion remedies) - colestyramine. If patients with decreased kidney function take any of the following medicines in combination with mycophenolate, the blood levels of both medicines may be higher than normal and patients should be closely monitored: - aciclovir - valaciclovir - ganciclovir - valganciclovir. The body's response to vaccination is reduced by medicines such as mycophenolate, which suppress the immune system and prevent the body forming adequate antibodies. Therefore, vaccines may less effective in people taking this medicine. Live vaccines may cause infection in people taking this medicine, and these should therefore be avoided. Live vaccines include the following: oral polio; rubella; measles, mumps and rubella (MMR); BCG; yellow fever and oral typhoid vaccines. The manufacturer of this medicine recommends that it should not be used in combination with azathioprine, as they have not studied the effect of this combination.

Other medicines containing the same active ingredients

Mycophenolate mofetil

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