The best for you that your family doctor check your progress at regular appointments . Your family doctor will want to do laboratory tests to make sure that tacrolimus is help you and to check for unwanted effects.
While you are taking tacrolimus, it is important to maintain good dental hygiene and see a dentist regularly for teeth cleaning.
Raw oysters or other shellfish may contain bacteria that can cause serious illness and possibly death. This is more likely to be a problem if these foods are eaten by diseaseds with certain medical conditions . Even eating oysters from "clean" water or good restaurants does not guarantee that the oysters do not contain the bacteria. Symptoms of this infection include sudden chills, fever, nausea, vomiting, blood poisoning and sometimes death. Eating raw shellfish is not a problem for most healthy people; however, diseaseds with the following conditions may be at greater risk: cancer, immune disorders, organ transplantation, long-term corticosteroid use - as for asthma, arthritis, or organ transplantation, liver disease - including viral hepatitis, excess alcohol intake - 2 to 3 drinks or more per day, diabetes, stomach problems - including previous stomach surgery and low stomach acid and hemochromatosis - an iron disorder Do not eat raw oysters or other shellfish while you are taking tacrolimus. Be sure oysters and shellfish are fully cooked .
While you are being treated with tacrolimus and after you stop treat with it, it is important to see your family doctor about the immunizations - vaccinations you must receive. Do not get any immunizations without your family doctor's approval . Tacrolimus lowers your body's resistance. For some immunizations, there is a risk you might get the infection the immunization is meant to prevent. For other immunizations, it may be especially important to receive the immunization to prevent a disease. In addition, other people living in your house must not take oral poliovirus vaccine since there is a risk they could pass the poliovirus on to you. Always avoid people who have recently taken oral poliovirus vaccine. Do not get close to them, and do not stay in the same room with them for very long. If you can't take these precautions, you must consider wearing a protective face mask that covers the nose and mouth.
Treatment with tacrolimus may also increase the risk of getting other infections. If you can, avoid people with colds or other infections. If you think you are getting a cold or other infection, check with your family doctor.
Tacrolimus is not available in all countries If you are traveling to another country, be sure you will have a supply of your drug .
Grapefruits and grapefruit juice may increase the effects of tacrolimus by increasing the amount of this drug in the body You must not eat grapefruit or drink grapefruit juice while you are taking this drug .