prograf and diabetes

Blood tests show that the BUN and creatinine levels are slightly elevated. If prograf does effect the kidneys, what measures can be taken to help minimize damage to the kidneys and help protect the kidneys??? Thank you in advance.

Will it come because of the fk prograf? I also fight diabetes,which I never had before the transplant.Now I feel like some junkie on pain killers.What do you think of all this? I`am worried about the future.

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I take Prograf for the liver transplant and I know Naragenin affects the Prograf levels. My question is if during treatment I also took Naragenin and my prograf levels were closely watched and adjusted for the Naragenin effects, wouldn't I have a better chance of clearing the virus.

prograf can cause tremor and high blood pressure. its not unusual to feel fatigued this soon after a transplant.

pancreas transplant. Since then I have been on three kinds of drugs for my transplant. Cellcept, Predizone, and Prograf are the drugs that I am taking. With these drugs along with having diabetes up until 5 years ago affect my chances of producing a child. I am also 32 years of age.

I think 2 mg Prograf per day at 6 months out is a really nice dose and his Prograf blood level of 6.5 is definitely within range.

My husband had a liver transplant on Aug.5th - and has been **** well. Today he broke out in hives all over his head. He is itching terribly - and the 2nd Benadryl hasn't helped. He is on Cellcept, prograf, and is in a clinical trial (so we don't really know what the extra meds are). Should we be concerned???

Its kind of the same feeling i had after my transplant when i was on hi doses of prograf. Any ideas ? Can i try lowering my prograf to try and alievaite this cognitive impairment by adding maybe some cellcept? I have never been on anything but prograf alone except prednisone 6 mo tx .My mouth stays extreamly dry tounge seams to be affixed to my roof of mouth with a tight jaw week muscels and eyesight since contrast. nobody seems to be able to offer any direction.

I'm 61 years young and had a full liver transplant 2 1/2 months ago. Prograf levels go from 7 to 13.6 back to 6.5 Could it be the new lab that is screwing up. I take all 52 pills on time dailywith a wonderful hubby making sure.

And its random...it could be 154/72 and then test it about 20 minutes later and its 122/72. Could the prograf be causing an elevated blood pressure therefore contributing to the dull inconsistent headaches?? Why is it so random?

My current dose is Prograf 3 mg AM/ Prograf 3 mg PM and Rapamune 4 mg AM. The intent is to convert me to 100% Rapamune because of the nephro-toxicity of the Prograf and my young age and because of the anti-cancer properties of Rapamune. Data, while horribly limited, has shown Rapamune's anti-cancer properties have had success against vascular tumors such as mine so EHE, in this case chronic, is part of the cancers Rapamune affects (some cancers it has no effect).

I went into rejection twice in the hospital and because of this my transplant team saw it best to put me on 5mg of prograf twice a day as well as 4 mg of rapimune, which by the way was off label and i had to sign a release form for. Just within the past 2 months they lowerd my dosage of rapimune to 2mg but kept the prograf the same. My question to you is exactly how suppressed is my immune system?

Dear Sir, I after almost 8months of itching finally a blockage in the anterior duct is detected along with the posterior one. 3months back ERCP was done and liver engymes are perfectly normal. But due to high dose of tacrolimus the creatinine is gratually on rise(it is now around 1.9). My doc is trying to reduce the dose. Since I was on tacrolimus only(as Mycophenolate causes TLC to go down in two occasion), sirolimus 1mg is started along with reduced tacrolimus(2mg BD, Tac level ~4.5).

05mg daily of Prograf. Has anyone who had a liver transplant gotten off the Prograf completely? Inquiring minds want to know.

I have taken prograf and cellcept for 12 yrs. A month ago I went nito renal failure.The kidney Dr. said it was from the prograf that this happened. The liver Dr.disagrees and is putting me back on prograf lower dose. I have been taking prednisone in the mean time . Kind of worried this will happen again. Anyone else have this problem in the past and what was done about it . Thanks , any input would be welcome !

I am 6 years post liver transplant from genotype 3 Hep C. My doctors want to start treatment to clear the virus. I take Prograf for the liver transplant and I know Naragenin affects the Prograf levels. My question is if during treatment I also took Naragenin and my prograf levels were closely watched and adjusted for the Naragenin effects, wouldn't I have a better chance of clearing the virus.

Typically very little overlap has to occur with the coversion from prograf to rapa.

My history: liver transplant 1 year ago, had 2 moderate rejections and 1 mild since transplant. At present time having moderate rejection, recently had one portal stent and 8 Bilary ERCP's to remove stones and sludge and had stenting done, and at the present time there are no blockages. Was on Rapamune (5mg a day) prior to hernia surgery and then week before hernia surgery was put on Prograf (4mg a day) and taken off the Rapamune. I have been on Progaf since hernia surgery (8 weeks ago).

If so, then the treatment is optimizing doses and levels of cellcept and prograf and trying to minimize the use of parenteral corticosteroids.

In your previous posts on the subject I think you said that your treatment for hcv was always under very close scrutiny by your transplant doc and that they always kept a real close eye on your treatment meds and the effects on your prograf doses and a delicate balance therein.

bad taste in mouth, aches and pains with muscles and joints, diarrhea, and headache. No fever or nausea. Am I just complaining or should I take more seriously. I had blood drawn today. My next appointment with my transplant team is june 15.

If you could reduce your Prograf dose your kidney function might improve some. I don't know anything about you but at 4 years out your anti-rejection regimen seems rather aggressive. As I understand you you're taking 4 mg Prograf a day and 1000 mg Cellcept. I am 8 years out and I'm taking 2 mg Prograf in the am and 1 mg in the pm.

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