Question 4

"Cellcept" Survey 2002.
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Question:	What medications have you dropped while on Cellcept ?
Name	^Answers
^Aneta	^{IMURAN, CYCLOSPORINE, PREDNISONE AND PLASMA PHERESIS}
^Bob	^{Imuran and tapering Prednisone.}
^Bill	^None.
^Jackson	^{none - still taking mestinon and ephedrine sulfate with occasional plasmapheresis.}
^Brenda	^None.
^Buddy	^{Mestinon,Imuron.}
^Carmen	^None.
^Cathy	^{Imuran was dropped before Cellcept was started.}
^Christine	^None.
^Dean	^None.
^Debbie	^{Mestinon, Imuran.}
^Dossie	^{Mestinon, IVIG.}
^hack	^{Down from 120mgs Prednisone EOD to 15mgs EOD and from 120 mgs of Mestinon every 4 hours to 60mgs every 8 hours! This is over a year and a half time period.}
^Woody	^{I was able to stop imuran within 6 weeks and reduce, then stop taking the mestinon timespan and also stop taking ephedrine sulfate.}
^Jeff	^{Blood pressure meds.}
^Jennifer	^none.
^Joanne	^{Imuran and lowering doseage of Prednisone - currently 8 mg e.o.d.}
^John	^Mestinon.
^Shirley	^{I have dropped imuran, take half the portion of mestinon and weaned myself off of prednisone.}
^Kerri	^{I am down to only 10mg EOD of Prednisone, and am not taking Mestinon at all.}
^Kevin	^imuran.
^{Linda C.}
^{Linda W.}	^{I haven't dropped any meds yet since started cellcept, but the plan is to wean off prednisone.}
^Louise	^{imuran, mestinon, cytoxan, cyclosporine.}
^Marianne	^{I have not dropped anything yet. I have only been on cellcept for 5 weeks. The plan is to taper ivig slowly. He would also like to taper prednisone and decrease mestinon. All of this would start in 6 months and occur over 1 year.}
^{Michael A.}	^None.
^{Michael R.}	^None.
^Raymond	^{Tapering off of Prednisone. Was on 50 mg/day due to major bulbar symptoms in June & July 2002. Difficulty swallowing, chewing, heavy mucous, slurred speech, nasal voice. Prednisone is now at 50/15 EOD. Mestinon was at 600mg/day, now is at 240mg/day.}
^Rebecca	^{I have been able to slowly cut back on prednisone without a worsening of symptoms.}
^Renee	^{Dropped my dosage of prednisone from 60 mg/day to currently at 30/20 mg on alternate days after 4 mos of Cellcept.}
^Robert	^{Just the cyclosporine.}
^Blutomato	^{Prednisone, Immuran, was taking 15 tabs of Mestinon per day now only take a very little Mestinon several times a week.}
^Jim	^{none (prednisone, immuran dropped before using Cellcept).}
^Jan	^{Imuran, prednisone, IVIG and lowered cyclosporine 200mg.}
^Connie	^Imuran.
^{Diane G.}	^{I have dropped Mestinon off and on. I am not convinced that it is doing any good. My Neuro said I could drop it if I wanted. I take one 60 mg. Dose once or twice a day and will probably drop it entirely as the Cellcept takes over.}
^{Diane M.}	^Imuran.

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