HOW TO USE: Take this medication by mouth, usually 4 times a day (before meals and at bedtime) or as directed by your doctor. To reduce your risk of side effects, your doctor may direct you to start this medication at a low dose and gradually increase your dose.
Tacrolimus (also FK-506 or fujimycin, trade names Prograf, Advagraf, Protopic) is an immunosuppressive drug used mainly after allogeneic organ transplant to lower the risk of organ rejection.acrolimus was first approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1994 for use in liver transplantation; this has been extended to include kidney, heart, small bowel, pancreas, lung, trachea, skin, cornea, bone marrow, and limb transplants.
Tacrolimus lowers your body's immune system. The immune system helps your body fight infections. The immune system can also fight or reject a transplanted organ such as a liver or kidney.This is because the immune system treats the new organ as an invader.Tacrolimus is used together with other medicines to prevent your body from rejecting a heart, liver, or kidney transplant.he immune system can also fight or reject a transplanted organ such as a liver or kidney. This is because the immune system treats the new organ as an invader. Tacrolimus is used together with other medicines to prevent your body from rejecting a heart, liver, or kidney transplant.