What is kidney transplant?

A kidney transplant is a surgical procedure to transfer of a healthy kidney from a donor to a patient for the purpose of replacing one of the failing kidneys of the recipient.

How do members experience kidney transplant?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with kidney transplant*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for kidney transplant*

*Data from patients with kidney transplant, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with kidney transplant*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment

(Prograf)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
kidney transplant (10)
Treatment

(Myfortic)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
kidney transplant (4)
Treatment

(CellCept)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
kidney transplant (3)
Treatment

(Neoral)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
kidney transplant (1)

*Data from patients with kidney transplant, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has kidney transplant on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 3
20s 55
30s 215
40s 553
50s 744
60s 662
70+ 379

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 1,027
Female 1,564

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What is kidney transplant?

A kidney transplant is a surgical procedure to transfer of a healthy kidney from a donor to a patient for the purpose of replacing one of the failing kidneys of the recipient.



Common symptoms reported by people with kidney transplant

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for kidney transplant

Treatment name(s)
Type
How many have tried
Tried for
Treatment name(s)

(Prograf)
Type
Prescription Drug
How many have tried
723
Tried for
kidney transplant (10)
Treatment name(s)

(Myfortic)
Type
Prescription Drug
How many have tried
82
Tried for
kidney transplant (4)
Treatment name(s)

(CellCept)
Type
Prescription Drug
How many have tried
673
Tried for
kidney transplant (3)
Treatment name(s)

(Neoral)
Type
Prescription Drug
How many have tried
255
Tried for
kidney transplant (1)

Data from patients with kidney transplant, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
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Compare treatments taken by people with kidney transplant

Treatment name(s)
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment name(s)

(Prograf)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
kidney transplant (10)
Treatment name(s)

(Myfortic)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
kidney transplant (4)
Treatment name(s)

(CellCept)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
kidney transplant (3)
Treatment name(s)

(Neoral)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
kidney transplant (1)
  • Major
  • Moderate
  • Slight
  • None
  • Can't tell
  • Severe
  • Moderate
  • Mild
  • None

Data from patients with kidney transplant, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
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Who has kidney transplant on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 2 new patients joined this month
  • 2,255 say kidney transplant is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 3
20s 55
30s 215
40s 553
50s 744
60s 662
70+ 379

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 1,027
Female 1,564

These charts show data from kidney transplant patients who have completed their condition history
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