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CellCept® Side Effects

CellCept® was approved for use as an immunosuppressant in 1995, to be given to patients who had undergone a solid-organ transplant (heart, liver, kidney). Since that time, CellCept® has been linked to a number of severe side effects not listed in the drug’s original labeling. CellCept® side effects include:

• miscarriage
• birth defects
• lymphoma (lymphatic system cancers)
• PML (progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy)

CellCept® Is Very Widely Used
According to Roche, the Swiss pharmaceutical company that markets CellCept®, their product is the #1-prescribed branded (i.e., not generic) immunosuppressant medication in the U.S., and some four million CellCept® prescriptions have been written since its introduction.

However, such widespread use of CellCept® means that a significant number of individuals have been put at risk of suffering severe and potentially fatal side effects.

CellCept® Side Effects: Miscarriage & Birth Defects
Reports of miscarriages and birth defects to the National Transplantation Pregnancy Registry prompted the Food and Drug Administration to investigate CellCept® and mandate labeling revisions to warn of these risks. Women of childbearing age who are going to be treated with CellCept® after an organ transplantation are now advised by the FDA to use two methods of contraception before, during and after their course of CellCept® treatment.

Another CellCept® Side Effect: PML
Some patients treated with CellCept® have suffered a devastating side effect — PML. This nerve-damaging, life-threatening neurological disorder is a very unfortunate outcome following an organ transplant. CellCept®-treated patients have died from PML, and there is no known cure.

The signs and symptoms of PML include:

• apathy
• ataxia (clumsiness)
• cognitive deficiencies
• confusion
• muscular weakness/paralysis on one side of the body

If these symptoms are affecting you or your family member after CellCept® treatment, see your doctor immediately.

Learn More about CellCept® Side Effects
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