Liver
mycophenolate (Cellcept)
August 16, 2022
in Liver
Hi, I was looking to see if others feel as crappy on this as I do. I have been on it off and on for 4 years along with prograf. I recently had covid and they took me off of it for 2 weeks. I have had so much back and bone pain for the last 3 months, that I felt BETTER with covid than I do taking it. I was lying in bed wondering why all the pain had gone away. Especially since my husband also had it and had such body pain from covid. I see my transplant dr in 6 weeks and I will discuss it.
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I'm so sorry you're going through this. I got CMV from my donor kidney 6 months after my transplant. I had a lot of stomach issues that I didn't know were due to the Cellcept. They took me off because it oversuppressed me and made it so I wouldn't heal from the CMV. I thought they'd put me back on it, but they said taking me off would help me not get CMV again. Now I'm on Envarsus (time released Tacro) and prednisone. I'd definitely check with your medical team to see what they can do with your medications. Once I was off of Cellcept, my gastro issues improved drastically. I know that individual cases are different, so you just have to go with what your team says. I tried to talk them into getting me off the prednisone, but that was a firm "NO", but it's worth the ask because you never know what they're going to say.
Thanks for your post. I am seeing my team in a couple of weeks and will be discussing the meds. I have not been on a steroid and hope to avoid that. But it is what it is. They have told me they are hoping to just get me down to prograf but all I can do is follow the regimen and pray.
Update on my post. They took me off Cellcept and I am doing better.
I'm so glad to hear that! The most important thing is to keep your organ healthy...and with as few medications and side effects as possible. I'm very grateful to be off of Cellcept too. I'm grateful it's an option, and happy I'm not taking it anymore (per my doctors' authorization, of course). I hope you continue to heal and feel better!
Transplant Patient
For me the GI AEs were the worst! Lost more eight than I wanted and believe me - I love being thin! Horrible diarrhea and nausea…
Wonderful, so glad your feeling better. I was taken off celcept early and put on myfortic.
That sounds terrible. I'm so sorry that happened to you. I had similar side effects, but there was so much going on all at once that I wasn't sure what was due to what. 😫
I'm way late to this party. And I know it was originally about cellcept. My kiddo was on that for such a short time and he was so young it was hard to tell what the side effects were.
But let's talk about Tacro! Does anyone get headaches from it? It seems my little guy often gets migranes and I wonder if it is a side effect and if we should be advocating for something different.
Transplant Patient
Is he on once a day tac or twice? I got migraines (and a lot of other side effects) from tac, and they reduced significantly when they switched me from twice a day to only once.
Yes! I got migraines whenever I used tacro. They went away (along with other side effects) when I changed to envarsus (time released tacro)