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Neoral Drug Center

What is Prescribing information?

The FDA package insert formatted in easy-to-find categories for health professionals and clinicians.

Neoral Prescribing Information: Indications & Dosage

NEORAL® (cyclosporine) Structural Formula Illustration

Kidney, Liver, and Heart Transplantation

Neoral® (cyclosporine) is indicated for the prophylaxis of organ rejection in kidney, liver, and heart allogeneic transplants. Neoral® (cyclosporine) has been used in combination with azathioprine and corticosteroids.

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Neoral® (cyclosporine) is indicated for the treatment of patients with severe active, rheumatoid arthritis where the disease has not adequately responded to methotrexate. Neoral® (cyclosporine) can be used in combination with methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis patien...

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What is Patient information?

Easy-to-read and understand detailed drug information and pill images for the patient or caregiver from Cerner Multum.

Neoral Patient Information: Side Effects

Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.

Call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects:

  • urinating less than usual or not at all;
  • drowsiness, confusion, mood changes, increased thirst;
  • swelling, weight gain, feeling short of breath;
  • blurred vision, headache or pain behind your eyes, sometimes with vomiting;
  • seizure (convulsions);
  • muscle pain or weakness, fast heart ...

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What is Consumer information?

A concise overview of the drug for the patient or caregiver from First DataBank.

Neoral Consumer Information: Uses

This medication is used to prevent organ rejection in people who have received a liver, kidney, or heart transplant. It is usually taken along with other medications to allow your new organ to function normally. Cyclosporine is also used to treat severe rheumatoid arthritis and a certain skin condition (severe psoriasis). Cyclosporine belongs to a class of drugs known as immunosuppressants. It works by slowing down your body's defense system (immune system) to prevent your body from rejecting a transplanted organ, further damaging your joints (in rheumatoid arthritis patients), or further dama...

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What is Neoral Consumer Information?

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