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Immunosuppressive drug
Immunosuppressive drugs
or
immunosuppressive agents
or
antirejection medications
are
drugs
that inhibit or prevent activity of the
immune system
. They are used in
immunosuppressive therapy
to:
Prevent the
rejection
of
transplanted
organs and tissues (e.g.,
bone marrow
,
heart
,
kidney
,
liver
)
Treat
autoimmune diseases
or diseases that are most likely of autoimmune origin (e.g.,
rheumatoid arthritis
,
multiple sclerosis
,
myasthenia gravis
,
vitiligo
,
systemic lupus erythematosus
,
sarcoidosis
,
focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
,
Crohn's disease
,
Behcet's Disease
,
pemphigus
, and
ulcerative colitis
).
Treat some other non-autoimmune inflammatory diseases (e.g., long term allergic
asthma
control).
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