Types of Liver Transplant Medications

The following medications are used to suppress the immune system following a pediatric liver transplantation (immunosuppressant drugs) to prevent organ rejection, or to prevent and treat infections and complications caused by liver transplantation.

Antiviral Drugs

• Acyclovir (Zovirax®)
• Ganciclovir (Cytovene®)

Immunosuppressant Drugs

• Azathioprine (Imuran®)
• Cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan®)
• Cyclosporine (Sandimmune®, Neoral®)
• Muromonab-CD3 (Orthoclone OKT3®)
• Mycophenolate Mofetil (CellCept®)
• Prednisone (Deltasone®)
• Sirolimus (Rapamycin®, Rapamune®)
• Tacrolimus (Prograf®)

Supplements

• Ferrous Sulfate (Feosol®, Slow FE®)
• Magnesium Oxide (Mag-Ox®, Magnesium Gluconate (Magonate®)

Other

• Dapsone (Avlosulfon®)
• Docusate (Colace®)
• Fludrocortisone (Florinef®)
• Nifedipine (Procardia XL®, Adalat CC®)
• Nystatin (Mycostatin®, Nilstat®)
• Pentamidine Isethionate Nebulization Solution (NebuPent®, Pentam®)
• Sodium Bicarbonate
• Sulfamethoxazole With Trimethoprim (Bactrim®, Septra®)

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