Who should not take Myfortic?
The following conditions are contraindicated with this drug. Check with your physician if you have any of the following:
Conditions:
- kidney problems due to BK polyomavirus
- progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
- a type of brain infection
- pure red cell aplasia
- a patient who is producing milk and breastfeeding
- pregnancy
- low levels of a type of white blood cell called neutrophils
- chronic kidney disease stage 4 (severe)
- skin cancer
- a rupture in the wall of the stomach or intestine
- hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency
- chronic kidney disease stage 5 (failure)
- malignant lymphoma
- bleeding of the stomach or intestines
- liver problems
- decreased function of bone marrow
- cancer or malignancy
- opportunistic fungal infection
- an unusual viral infection called cytomegalovirus infection
- a herpes simplex infection
- shingles in patients without a normal immune system
- stomach or intestinal ulcer
Allergies:
- Mycophenolic Acid
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