Acton Medical Association

Acton Medical Association

Acton Medical Association

Immunosuppressant medications, which are also known as immunosuppressive medications, are a group of drugs that suppress or slow down the immune system. Immunosuppressant drugs are used to prevent the body from rejecting transplanted organs or tissues and to slow down the immune response in people with certain autoimmune disorders. In the treatment of autoimmune disorders, other immunosuppressants are often used in combination with corticosteroids as corticosteroid-sparing agents in an effort to reduce the dose of corticosteroids and minimize side effects associated with high-dose or long-term corticosteroids.

Immunosuppressants in Autoimmune Disease

Besides corticosteroids, the immunosuppressant medications most often used in patients with autoimmune diseases include: