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@katebw thank you so much for responding, it's a big relief to hear your experience and eventual stop of the shakes. My wife's case is very similar to yours. About a month ago, after a very difficult first month and half with 4 surguries, her liver started a mild rejection/infection, and she was admitted again, but felt ok. After 4 days in her numbers starting improving again, as they put her back on prednisone 40mg, and the shakes never really left, but got worse being back on the prednisone. As the numbers came back in line, we slowly lowered the dose weekly per our team's instructions, and this should be her last week on them. Additionally, about 10 days ago, the exact extended release capsules of tacrolimus was finally traded out for the traditional version, and I read good things about it, but it takes time, and she about out of gas in patience, in terms of being limited to sitting in a chair all day, but some research we read, and your great information, hopefully will give her some relief in the coming months. We just went past 5 months post transplant, I'm hoping 6-9 months, we see some drastic improvement in the reduction of the shakes. I'm curious if you also had difficulty walking much more than a few minutes without having to sit down also? Anything, you can share is most appreciated.