Using immunomodulation and immunosuppression as the basis,select the correct information to give to a patient who does not understand their difference.
A) Immunosuppressing drugs are used after organ transplantation and in the treatment of severe inflammatory and allergic conditions when the immune system is hyperactive and causing harmful effects. Immunomodulating drugs are indicated for the
B) treatment of various cancers, hepatitis, myelosuppression, and other conditions where increasing the activity of the immune system is beneficial.
C) Immunosuppression refers to drugs and biological factors that decrease immune activity. Immunmodulation refers to actions or drugs that stimulate the activity of the immune system.
D) Immunosuppressing drugs are administered orally or by injection, and immuno-modulating drugs are administered by injection.
E) All of these are correct.
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