Abstract:Tacrolimus is a reversible calcineurin inhibitor. It is commonly used as an immunosuppressive drug in the treatment of T cell mediated diseases such as polymyositis, graft rejection in solid organ transplant, graft-versus-host disease in hematopoietic stem cell transplant, and is postulated to have diabetogenic potential. Fluconazole, on the other hand, is frequently prescribed antifungal therapy. Fluconazole increases the serum level of tacrolimus into the supratherapeutic range, thus developing drug toxicity… Show more
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