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Switched from Tacrolimus to Belatacept

Transplants | Last Active: Oct 4 1:28pm | Replies (27)
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@rosemarya

@pjpanning, How are you getting along? I've taken tacrolimus for 15 years for my liver and kidney transplant, so I have no experience with Belatacept. So, I'm wondering whether you began the Belatacept prescription as planned for earlier in August. Have your tacrolimus side effects eased and how are the labs reacting with the Belatacept?

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pjpanning | @pjpanning | Sep 19 9:05am

I am a week now without taking any Tacro. I feel so much better. I may have slight tremors, but so minor compared to what they were. Very hard to know on the hair loss, I think that will be a year before that is better. I still get some headaches, but that is probably just me. I noticed a huge difference in blood pressure right after I started cutting back on the Tacro. It is now back to normal. My lab numbers have always been good so that is the same. Creatinine is 1.02. I am back at Mayo for 1 year checkup mid October. I’ll let you know what they think.

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