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Simulect – Basiliximab uses, dose and side effects

Simulect belongs to a group of medicines called immunosuppressive medicines. It is given to adults, adolescents and children who have a kidney transplant and are in hospital. Immunosuppressive drugs reduce the body’s reactions to what it considers ‘foreign’, e.g. transplanted organs. The body’s immune system perceives a transplanted organ as a foreign body and therefore tries to repel it. Simulect works by stopping the immune cells that attack transplanted organs.

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