Tag: Cysteamine

PROCYSBI – Cysteamine uses, dose and side effects

PROCYSBI contains the active substance cysteamine (also called mercaptamine) and is taken to treat nephropathic cystinosis in children and adults. Cystinosis is a disease that affects the body’s function and causes an abnormal accumulation of the amino acid cystine in various organs in the body, e.g. kidneys, eyes, muscles, pancreas and brain. Cystine accumulation causes kidney damage and excessive secretion of glucose , proteins and electrolytes . Different organs are affected at different ages.