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Transplant anti-rejection medications. What's your advice?

Transplants | Last Active: Dec 21, 2024 | Replies (377)

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After having a Lung Transplant in July 2021 I was placed on 5mg Tacrolimus and have now dropped to 1mg every 12 hours, Mycophenolate (sorry not sure of dosage) and Prednisolone 10mg. The main side effects I had were as a result of the Prednisolone which caused me to have uncontrollable violent encounters, this is now reduced to 5mg. I had a Melanoma grow on my left jaw but caught it early and was taken off Mycophenolate and placed on Everolimus 1mg every 12 hours, I was told it was to lessen the chance of Melanoma. To counter the side effects of drug induced psychosis I am trialing medicinal cannabis oil using 0.4ml of 220mmg/ml CBD in the morning and 0.5ml of 25mg THC/25mg CBD in the afternoon. This is being done with the knowledge of the lung specialists and it is important to take them 4-5 hours apart from your usual medication. This is because they clash with Tacrolimus competing for a liver enzyme that the body uses to break them down. By spacing them out my blood results have remained the same. It has been a life changer for me by way of improving my mood, it is not a magic bullet but is worthwhile to improve quality of life. As you could imagine this was not a popular path to go down from the lung specialists point of view, however, I was close to suicide and this changed almost overnight.

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I am happy you were able to address your side effects! What anti-suppresent medication do they think caused the psychosis?