Tacrolimus Sandoz

Patient Information leaflet

                                Tacrolimus Sandoz
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TACROLIMUS SANDOZ
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TACROLIMUS CAPSULES_ _
 
 
CONSUMER MEDICINE INFORMATION 
 
WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET 
This leaflet answers some common questions about Tacrolimus Sandoz.
 
 
It does not contain all the available information. It does not take
the place of talking to your doctor or 
pharmacist. 
 
All medicines have risks and benefits. Your doctor has weighed the
risks of you taking this medicine 
against the benefits they expect it will have for you. 
 
IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT TAKING THIS MEDICINE, ASK YOUR DOCTOR
OR PHARMACIST. 
KEEP THIS LEAFLET WITH THE MEDICINE. 
You may need to read it again. 
WHAT TACROLIMUS SANDOZ IS USED FOR 
This medicine is used in combination with your liver, kidney,
lung or heart transplant. 
 
It contains the active ingredient tacrolimus._ _
Tacrolimus belongs to a group of medicines called macrolide
lactones.  
 
You have been given a new transplanted liver or kidney, lung or heart
from another person because your 
own was no longer healthy. Your body recognises that this new organ is
different from your organs and 
will try to reject it by attacking it in the same way that it would
attack germs that enter your body. This 
could make you become ill again. 
 
Tacrolimus Sandoz, which is an immunosuppressive agent, works by
stopping this attack; it is very 
important to take Tacrolimus Sandoz given to you by your doctor
regularly so that your new liver, kidney, 
lung or heart will not be attacked or rejected. 
 
ASK YOUR DOCTOR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY THIS MEDICINE
HAS BEEN PRESCRIBED FOR YOU. 
Your doctor may have prescribed it for another reason. 
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This medicine is available only with a doctor’s prescription. 
BEFORE YOU TAKE TACROLIMUS SANDOZ 
_WHEN YOU MUST NOT TAKE IT _
 
DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICINE IF YOU HAVE AN ALLERGY TO: 
•  tacrolimus, the active ingredient, or to any of the other
ingredients listed at the end of this leaflet 
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