Medicines for transplant patients are missing at Unicat Transplant patients and people with autoimmune diseases report the lack of cyclosporine at the Central Therapeutic Agents Unit (Unicat), in Rio Grande do Norte. According to reports, the medicine has been unavailable for about six months. Cyclosporine is an immunosuppressant used to reduce the risk of rejection after organ and bone marrow transplants. ? Click here to follow the g1 RN channel on WhatsApp One of the affected patients is Rogéria da Silva, resident of São Bento do Trairi. She underwent a bone marrow transplant a year and eight months ago and says that, since then, she has depended on the medication to continue the treatment. "I've been waiting for this medication to arrive for six months and still nothing. Every day we go there is a 'no'. Those of us who are transplanted know how important a box of cyclosporine is for us", he reported. According to Rogéria, she uses two pills a day and, without the State providing them, faces difficulties in maintaining the treatment. Cardiologist Lorena Marques explained that stopping the use of medication increases the risk of rejection of the transplanted organ. "Without immunosuppressant medication, the chance of rejection exists and is real. We had patients who arrived with signs of rejection. Fortunately, it was possible to treat quickly, but it is a very worrying situation," he stated. According to the doctor, hospitals have resorted to donations and their own stock to prevent patients from running out of the medicine completely. What Unicat says When contacted, Unicat management informed that the cyclosporine has already been purchased and is just awaiting delivery from the supplier. According to the agency, after receiving the medicine, it will be distributed to registered patients. Unicat, however, did not provide a forecast for supply to be normalized. Unicat in Natal Sérgio Henrique Santos/Inter TV Cabugi