immunosuppressant

For a list of immunosuppressive drugs, see the transplant rejection page. Immunosuppressive drugs or immunosuppressants are drugs that are used in immunosuppressive therapy to inhibit or prevent activity of the immune system. Clinically they are used to:prevent the rejection of transplanted organs and tissues (e.g. bone marrow, heart, kidney, liver)treatment of autoimmune diseases or diseases that are most likely of autoimmune origin (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, myasthenia gravis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis).treatment of some other non-autoimmune inflammatory diseases (eg. long term Allergic Asthma control).
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Noun
1. a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response
(synonym) immunosuppressive drug, immune suppressant drug
(hypernym) medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
(hyponym) mercaptopurine, Purinethol

Any drug or chemical that can restrain an immune response (e.g., to prevent immune rejection of a transplanted organ).

a drug that suppresses the natural immune responses. Immunosuppressants are given to transplant patients to prevent organ rejection or to patients with autoimmune diseases.
  

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