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What Causes Heavy Night Sweats With Headache And Tingling In Lips After Kidney Transplant?

My name is ellen and I am 7 month post kidney transplant, I take 2mg of prograf a day and 720 mg of myfortic and 5mg of prednisone a day. I have tremendous night swears and also strong sweats through out the day, also headaches, my tongue tingles, lips tingle the bottom of my feet are numb. My kidney function is doing great ( creatinine is 0.81. But the side effects are driving me insane. I need some help, please.
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hello, what you have might be side effect of the drug called prograf. It contains tacrolimus which is supposed to cause the symptoms you are specifying. You might need to readjust the dosage of prograf after a test called as ' zero hour tacrolimus levels' which is done early morning before you take the dose of prograf. If the levels come above normal range that means you are taking high dosage of prograf and you might need to reduce it after consulting your nephrologist. Kindly talk to your nephrologist and consult him about the same. thank you
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What Causes Heavy Night Sweats With Headache And Tingling In Lips After Kidney Transplant?

hello, what you have might be side effect of the drug called prograf. It contains tacrolimus which is supposed to cause the symptoms you are specifying. You might need to readjust the dosage of prograf after a test called as zero hour tacrolimus levels which is done early morning before you take the dose of prograf. If the levels come above normal range that means you are taking high dosage of prograf and you might need to reduce it after consulting your nephrologist. Kindly talk to your nephrologist and consult him about the same. thank you