Risk of Serious Infections
- Like steroids, immunosuppressives can increase your risk of serious infections, like pneumonia.
- In many cases, this will require that you are treated with antibiotics in a hospital.
- 6 out of 100 people have a serious infection when they take Cytoxan and 4 out of 100 women have a serious infection on Cellcept.
- The small difference in these numbers may be due to chance.
Click here to learn how to manage your risk of infections.