Mycophenolic acid and Zemplar Intravenous

• Generic Name: mycophenolic acid
• Dosage Forms: tablet, delayed release
• Other Brand Names: Myfortic

Mycophenolic acid weakens your body's immune system, to help keep it from "rejecting" a transplanted organ such as a kidney. Organ rejection happens when the immune system treats the new organ as an invader and attacks it.

Mycophenolic acid is used with other medicines to prevent organ rejection after a kidney transplant.

Mycophenolic acid may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

• Generic Name: paricalcitol
• Dosage Forms: capsule, liquid filled
• Other Brand Names: Zemplar

Paricalcitol injection is used to treat and prevent hyperparathyroidism in patients with chronic kidney disease who are on dialysis. Hyperparathyroidism is a condition that is caused when the parathyroid glands located in the neck make too much parathyroid hormone (PTH). This hormone controls the concentrations of calcium and phosphorus in your blood. Paricalcitol helps lower the amount of PTH which lowers the calcium and phosphorus concentrations.

This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription.