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Cellcept side effects

Hi there! I know some of you are taking Cellcept. Have you had any severe leg cramps overnight. I am considering taking it instead of Prednisone but read that it could cause leg cramps and muscle twitching. Mestinon causes leg cramps for me at night and I would like to stop the Mestinon.

Thank you,

Mark

  1. I was on cellcept for about a month, no leg cramping issues, but I was still taking my infusions (think IVIG at the time) and my infusion nurse was noticing my resting heart rate was 138, pretty high for sitting in a chair doing nothing. We isolated my drugs at the time and when I went off cellcept my resting heart rate dropped back down to 80's in a few days. It seems this is a rare side effect, but no cellcept for me. currently i'm on prednisone and vyvgart, the vyvgart has had much better effects for me than the ivig, both are infusion therapies. When I was on ivig i had trouble picking up a 3 gallon gas can and putting it in the car. on Vyvgart, i can do that, no problem. But different people react to different therapies differently.

  2. Hi Mark. Mestinon gave me terrible, screaming leg cramps. My Cellcept-like immunosuppressant gives me no cramps. I had to take the Mestinon for about a year until the immunosuppressant kicked in. I take none now.

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