My typical blood pressure is in the low to mid 120's, however, lately its been in the mid140's/low 150's. 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 wife is a doctor and dentist work is found infected with the HBV virus.
I am very concerned for my wife
A month before the tests showed high figures about ALT 130 AST 60
ALT after a month had dropped to 118 digits unchanged ast
if you can please help me with an answer as soon as possible.
Does that mean that the root of ALT that my wife is gaining immunity from HBV?
If i lower my prograf lower than 6.5 through rate i start getting discomfort right side .i am having cognitive issues on prograf that are getting very hard to live with, seems like it got alot worse after my last of three mri with contrast in two years. was hospitalized two days after last contrast exsposure white blood count went to1000, headach, fever urine got exstremly foamy, severe itching ,tighting and rashd eveloped on lower legs two weeks after.
More frequent aFib episodes, yet found to be hypertensive on 18-hour continuous BP study in neighborhood of 160/85 average when in sinus, lower BP when in Fib. Symptomatic in that exercise tolerance is significantly less when in Fib, also with constant chest "heaviness" and mild breathlessness.
Wish to control the arrhythmia which started ~ 6 mos ago and is now recurring once/week usually while asleep, and suspect that it is of parasympathetic character.
Which medication would you consider increasing? In regards to the prograf, currently taking 2.5mg 2x daily. Almost one year post transplant. Very worried. As always, thank you for answering my questions.
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.
Before two years he has the same symptoms but without fever and he was undergone to biopsy from his chest which yield that he has not tumor . After starting medication by antibiotic the enlarged lymph node in his neck was reduced but not return to normal size . Now the fever continue at night for about ten days and still we did not know the reason .
Since your panic attacks are happening less, are the headaches numerous and a reason that you cannot take the medication anymore? Or are some of the side effects okay with you now that your anxiety is much better?
What does your prescribing doctor say about this? Headaches can also be caused by an endless number of factors in my opinon. Are you getting enough sleep? Are you still under a lot of stress? The point is, that the headaches may not even be related to the medication itself.
there are prograf assistance programs that the company offers. If this is not feasible than using other cheaper medications such as verapamil for example for HTN for example will alllow much lower doses of prograf to be used (it delays metabolism of the medication) and thus it comes out cheaper.
Hi Jennifer,
How are you? Medication side effects may or may not occur to patients. You were given pain medication, anti-inflammatory, antihistamine and antipsychotic/tranqulizer. You may experience gastrointestinal symptoms like nausea, vomiting and sedative effects. However, it is important that any sign of allergic reaction such as difficulty of breathing, swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat. twitching or tremor will warrant immediate attention. Take care and do keep us posted.
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