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Transplant: Regarding Cellcept dosage, is there a test?
Transplants | Last Active: Jul 10, 2021 | Replies (5)Comment receiving replies
Hello @hello1234 and welcome to the Mayo Clinic Connect community! Congratulations on your one year anniversary; that is wonderful news! Regarding your question about Cellcept specifically, and how the correct dosage is determined, I found this article that you may find helpful. It looks like blood tests to measure your blood cell counts are what is relied upon to adjust the dose.
From the article:
"Your doctor will do blood tests before you start taking CellCept and during treatment with CellCept to check your blood cell counts."
- Cellcept Drug:
https://www.rxlist.com/cellcept-drug.htm
When is the last time you have had a blood test run to check your blood cell counts?
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Thank you so much for this article on Cellcept Amanda! In the last year, I have consistently had a low WBC, a low Neutrophil Absolute number, and a low Lymphocyte number. I thought that was the goal for immune suppression. Is it possible to have normal levels of WBC, lymphocytes and neutrophils and still be protected from rejection? Can kidney transplant patients have normal WBC numbers, neutrophils and lymphocytes and still be protected against rejection? Thank you again for helping me!
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Wow! Thank you for sharing this. I am bringing the topic of Mycophenolate to my liver doctor next week as I have had a sore throat for two months now and got an infection in a bug bite last week, for which I was placed on antibiotics. So, I’ll see if I can get tested like they do for Tacrolimus.