immunosuppressive drug

Examples

• All

• After receiving an organ transplant, the patient must take immunosuppressive drugs to prevent rejection of the new organ.

• They were both over thirty, married, with children, and Helen had received a kidney from her sister, which was a good match, with a good blood supply and good output, and the rejection she suffered had been controlled so far with doses of immunosuppressive drugs.

  Fiction book (1996)

• If not, other immunosuppressive drugs need to be tried.

  Academic text (1991)

• Then you have to wait for someone right to die, and you take all these immunosuppressive drugs that make life unpleasant.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Treatment consists of high-dose corticosteroids and sometimes immunosuppressive drugs.

  Academic text (2007)

• First, because a patient received immunosuppressive drugs, specific antibodies against HEV might be absent.

  Academic text (2012)

• However, the prolonged use of these immunosuppressive drugs can cause significant side effects and therefore may necessitate their discontinuation.

  Academic text (2007)

• It is increasingly recognized that modern immunosuppressive drugs can have adverse effects on renal allograft.

  Academic text (2007)

• But in the case of Hashimoto's, the consequences—i.e., side effects and complications—of using immunosuppressive drugs are believed to outweigh the potential benefits.

  Blog text (31)

• That is because vulnerable people—like newborns and individuals receiving chemotherapy or immunosuppressive drugs—depend on the immunity of those around them to protect them from dangerous diseases.

  Academic text (2016)

Synonyms

I

immunosuppressant

vsimmunosuppressive drug

• Specialized

1 6.1

A drug that weakens the body's immune system to stop it rejecting a new organ

is the class term used to define drugs that reduce immune response

C

cyclosporine

vsimmunosuppressive drug

• Specialized

1 5.5

A drug that weakens the immune system to stop organ rejection after a transplant

is the general category that also covers drugs for autoimmune conditions

A

azathioprine

vsimmunosuppressive drug

• Specialized

1 9.8

A drug that lowers the body's immune response to prevent organ rejection and treat autoimmune disease

is the general class term covering many such drugs

I

Imuran

vsimmunosuppressive drug

• Specialized

1 9.7

A drug that weakens the body's defences to stop a transplanted organ being rejected

is the class name rather than a brand label for a single drug

I

immune suppressant drug

vsimmunosuppressive drug

• Specialized

4.8

A drug that lowers the body's natural defense to stop organ rejection or treat diseases where the body attacks itself

is the more technical expression for the same drug group

I

immunosuppressive

vsimmunosuppressive drug

• Specialized

6.7

A drug that lowers the body's natural defence to prevent organ rejection

is the broader class label covering such medical uses

I

immunosuppressor

vsimmunosuppressive drug

• Specialized

7.2

Drug that makes the body's immune system weaker

adds common use details like preventing rejection or treating autoimmune disease

C

cyclophosphamide

vsimmunosuppressive drug

• Specialized

7.4

A medicine that weakens the immune system to treat diseases where the body attacks itself and to prevent transplant rejection

is the broad drug class that includes this medicine among others

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology