https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00002717
Jennifer Davidson; Charlotte Warren-Gash; Helen McDonald
BNF codes for immunosuppressants excluding oral steroids. Part of immunosuppression definition.
The CSV file contains 10 variables : Product code, 8 categories of immunosuppressant that are coded yes/no, and a final flag ('1') that is used to denote immunosuppressant.
| Variable name | Variable label | Answer code | Answer label |
| prodcode | Product code - ID number | ||
| yes | Yes | ||
| no | No | ||
| cancer_chemo | Cancer chemotherapy | ||
| yes | Yes | ||
| no | No | ||
| other_dmard | Other disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) | ||
| yes | Yes | ||
| no | No | ||
| other_immunosupp | Other immunosuppressant | ||
| yes | Yes | ||
| no | No | ||
| azathioprine | Azathioprine | ||
| yes | Yes | ||
| no | No | ||
| steroidinj | Steroid injection | ||
| yes | Yes | ||
| no | No | ||
| methotrexate | Methotreate | ||
| yes | Yes | ||
| no | No | ||
| mercaptopurine | Mercaptopurine | ||
| yes | Yes | ||
| no | No | ||
| biological | Biological | ||
| yes | Yes | ||
| no | No | ||
| immunosuppressant | This may be used if this codelist is combined with other immunosuppression codelists to identify whether immunosuppression is due to immunosuppressive disease or immunosuppressant drugs. | ||
| 1 | Indicates immunosuppressant |