Tacrolimus is a generic prescription drug. Tacrolimus infusions and capsules are used to prevent kidney transplant rejection. Tacrolimus ointment is used for eczema. The cost of tacrolimus may ...

Background: Tacrolimus and cyclosporine, both calcineurin inhibitors, can cause neurological side effects. While mild symptoms such as tremor are well recognised, severe complications including ...

Only two calcineurin inhibitors exist, cyclosporine and tacrolimus, and the available formulations are once-daily slow-release tacrolimus, twice-daily immediate-release tacrolimus and twice-daily ...

April 8, 2005 (Philadelphia) — Among cardiac transplant recipients, the combination of tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) results in fewer rejections and has a more favorable adverse ...

Credit: FDA. The BX rating indicates that the data are insufficient to show that the product provides the same therapeutic effect as Prograf. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has changed the ...

In a phase III trial, oral tacrolimus (Prograf) proved non-inferior to intravenous cyclophosphamide for treating lupus nephritis, researchers said. Among 158 patients randomized to tacrolimus ...

The use of twice-daily immediate-release tacrolimus in lung transplant recipients is associated with lower rates of chronic lung allograft dysfunction and improved overall survival compared to ...

Only two calcineurin inhibitors exist, cyclosporine and tacrolimus, and the available formulations are once-daily slow-release tacrolimus, twice-daily immediate-release tacrolimus and twice-daily ...

We hypothesized that CNIs induce hypertension by stimulating NCC. In wild-type mice, the CNI tacrolimus caused salt-sensitive hypertension and increased the abundance of phosphorylated NCC and the ...

Black kidney transplant recipients have a faster clearance rate of the immunosuppressive drug tacrolimus than white recipients, according to a new study led by Kathleen Tornatore, PharmD ...