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Transplant: No or Few Antibodies after COVID Vaccination

Transplants | Last Active: Mar 7, 2022 | Replies (193)
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@hello1234 I was on tacrolimus but my creatinine was higher than my transplant department was comfortable with. We tried combatting that first by my drinking 80 - 100 ounces of water a day. That helped but not enough so they switched me to sirolimus. I still need to drink a lot of water, about 70 ounces a day, but my creatinine and the other associated numbers are not far enough out of range for them to be unduly concerned.
JK

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hello1234 | @hello1234 | Sep 18, 2021

Thank you @contentandwell for all the scoop! I have heard that several sirolimus patients had some success with covid antibodies so in addition to helping your creatinine level, the change from Tac to sirolimus may have helped a little with the vaccine efficacy. (That's totally my unscientific conclusion based on very limited anecdotal evidence.) Hopefully the JH studies will do a better job than me at narrowing these details down. LOL Thank you again JK 🙂

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