Tacrolimus Capsules

Tacrolimus is used with other medications to prevent rejection of a kidney, heart, liver, or lung transplant. This medication belongs to a class of drugs known as immunosuppressants. It works by weakening your body’s defense system (immune system) to help your body accept the new organ as if it were your own.

Tacrolimus injection is used along with other medications to prevent rejection (attack of the transplanted organ by the transplant recipient’s immune system) in people who have received kidney, liver, or heart transplants. Tacrolimus injection should only be used by people who are unable to take tacrolimus by mouth. Tacrolimus injection is in a class of medications called immunosupressants. It works by decreasing the activity of the immune system to prevent it from attacking the transplanted organ.