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What is Tacrolimus?

Tacrolimus (FK506) is an immunosuppressant agent. Taken orally or by injection it is used to prevent organ rejection in heart, kidney, or liver transplant recipients. Used as a topical skin product it is used for moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Prevent organ rejection 524 28 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Transplant rejection prevention 362 80 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Transplant rejection 24 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Kidney Transplant 21 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Kidney Transplant 20 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Liver transplant 15 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 1013 patients currently taking Tacrolimus

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 13
Moderate
 30
Mild
 47
None
 37

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Tacrolimus

Tremor in hands 24
Hair loss 18
Hair thinning 10
Shakiness 8
Fatigue 7
Shaky hands 6
See all 112 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Tacrolimus. See all 85 dosages ►

  0.5 mg daily 1 mg daily 2 mg daily 3 mg daily 4 mg daily 5 mg daily 6 mg daily 7 mg daily 8 mg daily 10 mg daily
  43 Number of Patients: 43 76 Number of Patients: 76 168 Number of Patients: 168 126 Number of Patients: 126 185 Number of Patients: 185 85 Number of Patients: 85 110 Number of Patients: 110 22 Number of Patients: 22 63 Number of Patients: 63 45 Number of Patients: 45  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Tacrolimus (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 15   Side effects too severe: 42%
Doctor's advice 12   Doctor's advice: 33%
Other 6   Other: 17%
Did not seem to work 5   Did not seem to work: 14%
Course of treatment ended 4   Course of treatment ended: 11%
Change in health plan coverage 3   Change in health plan coverage: 8%
Expense 2   Expense: 6%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 3%

See all 34 patients who’ve stopped taking Tacrolimus

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Tacrolimus

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Tacrolimus

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Tacrolimus

Always
 120 94%
Usually
 5 4%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 2 2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Tacrolimus

Very
 4 3%
Somewhat
 4 3%
A little
 14 11%
Not at all
 105 83%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Tacrolimus

$200+
 6 7%
$100-199
 7 8%
$50-99
 8 9%
$25-49
 7 8%
< $25
 58 67%

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Report created on May 23, 2012.