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EARLY USE OF TACROLIMUS EXTENDED-RELEASE IN A PEDIATRIC KIDNEY TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT

KRİSTEN R SZEMPRUCH, KATHERİNE D WESTREİCH, ALEXANDER H TOLEDO

Experimental and Clinical Transplantation - 2021;19(8):865-867

Department of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina Medical Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

 

Tacrolimus extended-release pharmacokinetics and its once-daily formulation provide beneficial properties, and its use has been evaluated in the adult kidney transplant population. Here, we report a case of successful conversion from tacrolimus immediate-release capsules to tacrolimus extendedrelease tablets in a pediatric kidney transplant recipient.