Rheumy suggests Methotrexate

[Doug]

Jack
I've been looking into Cellcept as I too am looking at coming off of cyclophosphamide in the next few weeks. Google seems to tell me that Cellcept and Mycophenolate Mofetil are one and the same drug - Cellcept being the brand name.
Does anyone know if this is the case and if not, how do they differ?

I was just looking into that. Mycophenolate sounded familiar- it is the generic for of CellCept (Mycophenolate mofetil is the complete name). My doctor kept on CellCept (new boat to pay for?) but my insurance company didn't fight it and put me on the generic form. I think it was available at the time- surely Mycophenolate wouldn't stick in mind if it didn't! All I know is I had no issues with it, and was on it until December 2007 when my rheumatologists, oral surgeons, and pulmonologist talked with each other about me coming off it because of upcoming oral surgery. I've done fine without it, just taking Bactrim for control of my remission.