Cellcept and uveitis
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Hello, My brother has a rash on his chest and underarm 4 days ago. At first it was only small,red, itchy bumps and over the last few days it has turned into *****, scabby welts. He says they hurt more than itch now. Like a blister.
He has been taking cellcept for over a year for an eye condition ( for uveitis). He also was taking care of a puppy for a friend. Could it be from one of those things?
m really confused because I was told I do not have nodular scleritis and I have a very tiny spot of uveitis left and that was inactive. I thought this was auto-immune and would go into remission.
So I was thinking maybe it could have been chemically induced. I found numerous hits on the National Institute of health website and reports of anterior segmant inflammation caused by Imuran. I have also located information about chemically induced proptosis.
I am considering just staying on Prednizone for a little while longer and getting pregnant, and then going on cellcept. I have been on cellcept one week tomorrow, and think it would not be too late to discontinue (after talking to my doctor again) since I am also still on 40mg of prednizone every day. Do you have any opinions about cellcept and pregnancy?
I see ou wrote this a while back but I am hoping you are still here and will see my question. I am supposed to start taking Cellcept for Lupus and I can't find anyone who can tell me anything about how they did on it. Are you there? Did you have any side effects while on it?
Thank you so much for your response. I was told that both uveitis and shingles can be brought on by stress in the body. I was hoping that if there were diseases that could cause both I might be able to narrow the list as I don't seem to be getting a lot of assistance on this end. I will definitely look for a uveitis specialist - thank you!!
I take Cellcept and only Cellcept. I've been on it now for over a month. My MS doctor prescribed it for my PPMS since there's really no treatment for PPMS. I haven't had any side effects from it. When I first started on it, I did get some headaches but nothing I couldn't handle. In my case, I take it to hopefully slow down the progression of my particular form of this disease.
Let me know if I can answer any questions.
I have relapsed ovarian cancer and I've had my 2nd treatment of Doxil. I also have uveitis from ankylosing spondylitis. I've lost the vision in my left eye and I take Methotrexate to keep the uveitis in remission.
For about a week now, I've noticed some pain in the left eye, and I'm wondering if it may be caused by Doxil.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Till two weeks back she was on PanGraaf 4mg, Wysolone (steroid) 15mg and CellCept 1000 mg a day. At that time (i.e. two weeks back) her blood result showed that her TLC has slipped to below normal (which is minimum 4) and was showing as 2.8. Her Haemoglobin seems to have settled around 11.2. All other results including Blood, LFT, Creatine etc show normal. Doctor reduced her CellCept to 500 mg (from 1000mg) and increased PanGraaf to 5 mg (from 4mg) and Wysolone (steroid) to 12.5mg (from 15 mg).
5mg and tenofovir 300mg) and prograf, cellcept wysolone etc. Two months back entacavir was withdrawn and I am now treated with tenofovir, prograf(6mg), cellcept(1000mg) and Magnesium suppliment. Almost at the same time( 2months back) I suffered from maleria also.
Since then SGOT and SGPT are gradually rising from normal level, and they are now 69 and 46 level( normal range is 4) and rose to 3.2 almost one month back but it goes down to 2.3 now.
What could be reason?
Hey there!
I am going to be getting cataract surgery soon (which developed from a retinal insert) and have a condition known as uveitis... They have told me that a "monofocal lens" is the best way to go because my eye is "going to go through a lot of changes" and "in case anything bad happens"... I don't know what this means...
Please doctors tell me is there any connection between increasing floaters and diseases like: CRP, ACE, ANA, ANCA, Herpes Simplex, Zoster, EBV Virus, Sarcoidosis, Amiloidosis. My eye doctor is suggestion to make these entire tests because my floaters are increasing every day. What is your suggestion about this?
I have been diagnosed with CIDP, and have gone through the "normal" protocol.. prednisone, IvIG, plasmapheresis, with no real help. My neurologist now suggests therapy with cytoxan or cellcept. He is "saving" the stem cell/bone marrow transplant as a last resort. I have read all of the info on both drugs and the risk/benefit for each.
I am on 5 mg of prednisone and cellcept as well. Can I ask why you stopped taking the cellcept? My Dr is trying to lower me off of the prednisone all together and just stay on the cellcept. I was on 10 mg of pred 4 weeks ago, down to 7.5 mg 2 weeks ago and just got reduced to 5 mg. My numbers are staying in great shape, but I am still holding steady on the cellcept. I have been battling AIH for a year and a half. Nothing has worked w/the prednisone accept for cellcept.
I am HLA B27+ and have other auto immune issues as well. (takayasu arteritis and reactive arthritis). I have only had UVeitis in my right eye and developed a cataract in my eye fairly quickly from steroid drops, steroid injections and oral steroids through out the years.. My vision pre-uveitis (since it became chronic in 2008) was excellent. I am nearsighted but was able to see distance very well too.
I did research on websites, and saw that uveitis is an auto immune disease and saw a rheumatologist who prescribed Methotrexate. Uveitis went into remission immediately, and I haven't had a recurrence in 2 years!
Unfortunately I developed a cataract in that left eye, which is inoperable and ended all vision in that eye.
Good luck to you.
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