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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Transplant Discussion => Topic started by: kellyt on December 21, 2009, 09:54:14 PM

Title: Remind Me...
Post by: kellyt on December 21, 2009, 09:54:14 PM

Is it the Prograf or the Cellcept that causes your hair to fall out and be yucky?

Title: Re: Remind Me...
Post by: Chris on December 21, 2009, 10:19:26 PM

Prograf according to their pamphlet and other readings

CellCept is more GI issues

Title: Re: Remind Me...
Post by: kellyt on December 21, 2009, 10:23:55 PM

Oh good.  I'm probably going to starting my Cellcept again pretty soon and I didn't want to go through the hair loss again.  Although, I'm sure he'll start me back at the dose I was on when I was told to stop it.  Or at least I hope he will.

Can you believe I have my surgery follow-up appointment on Thursday, a.k.a. Christmas Eve, morning?  Lab tomorrow.  F/U Thursday.  ugh.

Title: Re: Remind Me...
Post by: Chris on December 21, 2009, 10:41:10 PM

Been there, done that except it was Christmas day and after labs I was admitted on first time out post transplant.

Title: Re: Remind Me...
Post by: draven on December 22, 2009, 11:35:22 AM

Hi Kellyt

when i went of prograf and switched to certican, my hair stopped falling out and my lips stopped getting all dry and cracked,

Title: Re: Remind Me...
Post by: Chris on December 22, 2009, 02:08:01 PM

Anyone know about certican in the US?

Haven't seen or heard of that one here. Is it a steriod draven?

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Post by: jbeany on December 22, 2009, 02:13:07 PM

Yeah, something that makes my hair grow back would be good!  Volumizing mousse only can do so much. . . .

Title: Re: Remind Me...
Post by: kellyt on December 22, 2009, 08:33:33 PM

Hey Draven!   I'm on 2 mg of Prograf twice a day now and I'm not having any side effects anymore.  Thank goodness.  I, too, have never heard of Certican.  I'll have to ask about that.

Thanks!

Title: Re: Remind Me...
Post by: draven on December 23, 2009, 03:08:02 AM

certican is a immunosuppresent, i switched from prograf to certican, because of prograf toxicity.

Title: Re: Remind Me...
Post by: Wattle on December 23, 2009, 03:30:06 PM

Yep....... I am now scared to touch or wash my hair. It is still falling out everytime I touch it!!

Maybe I should ask Santa for a wig   :stressed;

I am on 1mg twice a day. I too have never heard of Certican. Does it have any other names Draven?

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Post by: Chris on December 23, 2009, 04:28:54 PM

This is what I found so far on the US web search:
Another name, everolimus
It was in the FDA approval process reported in an Article from Aug 2004 at: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/12657.php

Novartis Pharma AG has received an "approvable" letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Certican (everolimus) in combination with Neoral (cyclosporine, USP) MODIFIED, for the prevention of rejection episodes following heart or kidney transplantation.


However, I haven't found if this is a steroid free medication or not and no current news. All articles on Google are from 2004 on the first page for the search of the drug.