What is liver transplant?

Liver transplantation or hepatic transplantation is a surgical procedure performed to transfer a healthy liver from a donor to replace the diseased liver of the recipient.

How do members experience liver transplant?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with liver 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 liver transplant*

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

Compare treatments taken by people with liver 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
liver transplant (5)
Treatment

(Imuran)
Perceived effectiveness
for liver transplant (1 evaluation)
Side effects
Total evaluations
1
Tried for
liver transplant (1)
Treatment

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

(CellCept)
Perceived effectiveness
for liver transplant (1 evaluation)
Side effects
Total evaluations
1
Tried for
liver transplant (1)

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

Who has liver transplant on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 6
20s 18
30s 87
40s 116
50s 155
60s 256
70+ 240

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 408
Female 462

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What is liver transplant?

Liver transplantation or hepatic transplantation is a surgical procedure performed to transfer a healthy liver from a donor to replace the diseased liver of the recipient.



Common symptoms reported by people with liver 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 liver transplant

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

(Prograf)
Type
Prescription Drug
How many have tried
251
Tried for
liver transplant (5)
Treatment name(s)

(Imuran)
Type
Prescription Drug
How many have tried
39
Tried for
liver transplant (1)
Treatment name(s)

(Neoral)
Type
Prescription Drug
How many have tried
58
Tried for
liver transplant (1)
Treatment name(s)

(CellCept)
Type
Prescription Drug
How many have tried
153
Tried for
liver transplant (1)

Data from patients with liver 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 liver 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
liver transplant (5)
Treatment name(s)

(Imuran)
Perceived effectiveness
for liver transplant (1 evaluation)
Side effects
Total evaluations
1
Tried for
liver transplant (1)
Treatment name(s)

(Neoral)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
liver transplant (1)
Treatment name(s)

(CellCept)
Perceived effectiveness
for liver transplant (1 evaluation)
Side effects
Total evaluations
1
Tried for
liver transplant (1)
  • Major
  • Moderate
  • Slight
  • None
  • Can't tell
  • Severe
  • Moderate
  • Mild
  • None

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

  • 4 new patients joined this month
  • 840 say liver transplant is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 6
20s 18
30s 87
40s 116
50s 155
60s 256
70+ 240

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 408
Female 462

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