When patients suffer a massive heart attack or have a severe viral infection that affects the heart muscle, the only treatment option may be a heart transplant. A large heart attack that destroys the anterior portion of the muscle pump can often...
Myfortic (mycophenolate) is a medication used to prevent kidney, liver or heart transplant rejection, says MedlinePlus. Myfortic belongs to a group of medicines called immunosupressive agents. It disables your immune cells from attacking your new...
Dr. Christiaan Barnard in Cape Town, South Africa performed the first adult cardiac transplant in 1967. The patient lived for 18 days. Since then, many advances make cardiac transplants more successful. In 1984, doctors performed the world's...
Diabetic kidney necrosis is a condition that results from tissue death, which makes the kidneys unable to concentrate urine properly. University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public health defines diabetic nephropathy as a primary factor,...
Transplantation of the heart, kidney, liver and other organs carries a high risk of rejection by the body, which doctors seek to reduce with medication. Anti-rejection drugs present their own dangerous side effects, with magnesium deficiency, or...
Grapefruit and grapefruit juice are known to have interactions with many different drugs. In the intestinal wall, components in grapefruit called furanocoumarins inhibit a certain enzyme system, known as cytochrome P450 3A4. Suppression leads to...
Cyclosporine is a strong prescription immunosuppressant medication indicated for prevention of organ rejection in heart, kidney and liver transplant patients. It is also indicated to treat chronic rejection. This medicine is occasionally...
Cyclosporine is a medication used to prevent organ rejection in kidney, liver or heart transplant patients. According to Drugs.com, it can also be used to treat psoriasis (a severe skin disease) and rheumatoid arthritis. Cyclosporine is an...
Cyclosporine has been used as an immunosuppressant for almost 40 years. Primarily used to prevent rejection in kidney, heart and liver transplant recipients, cyclosporine is approved to treat rheumatoid arthritis, severe psoriasis and the eye...
Depression does not describe a single disorder calling for a straightforward course of treatment. Often misused as an umbrella term, depression actually includes several different disorders and may be a symptom of a different disorder, rather than...
Cyclosporine is a drug that is available in four forms: intravenous injectable, oral capsule, oral solution and ophthalmic (eye drops). In the injectable and oral forms, cyclosporine is indicated for the prevention and treatment of organ rejection...
Cyclosporine is a prescription medication considered an immunosuppressant agent. It is used in the prevention of organ rejection in kidney, liver and heart transplants. Cyclosporine also treats severe, active rheumatoid arthritis that does not...
When uric acids crystals collect in the joints of the body, the result is a painful condition known as gout. Gout most frequently affects the base of the big toe, but can also be found in the ankle, knee, or rarely, the shoulder. It strikes when...
Regardless of the severity of your heart failure, lifestyle changes are always a part of treatment for heart disease, before or after a heart attack. Common lifestyle changes recommended by doctors include a reduction in sodium, saturated-fat and...