A powerful immunosuppressant drug used to reduce the risk of organ transplant rejection.
An immunosuppressant drug. Tacrolimus (Prograf) is used to impair the body’s natural immune system function in a person who has received an organ transplant, such as a liver, kidney, pancreas, lung, or heart. Tacrolimus works by preventing white blood cells from rejecting the transplanted organ.
An immunosuppressant drug used for primary immunosuppression in recipients of kidney or liver transplants where the natural rejection process has been resistant to conventional immunosuppression regiments such as corticosteroids, azathioprine and ciclosporin a (formerly cyclosporin). It is also sometimes used, with caution, to treat severe cases of eczema.