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"Low sirolimus" generally means that the sirolimus level in your blood is too low to be within therapeutic levels. This means that your dosage of sirolimus will probably be increased, so that your blood concentration of sirolimus falls within therapeutic levels.
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When you check Sirolimus levels do you need to be fasting?
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Is tacrolimus medicine same as sirolimus?
No, it is not. Sirolimus is a newer and far stronger drug compared to tacrolimus; it is a once per day dosing regime. It also works in a slightly different way, which means that you can end up on both tacrolimus and sirolimus at the same time . Sirolimus, at present is usually only used to prevent organ rejection in kidney transplants (however it's range of uses is increasesing).
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Clobestasol Ameliorates Aphthous Ulceration in Renal Transplant Patients on Sirolimus by P. Chuang, AJ Langone. American Journal of Transplantation 2007;7:714 Clobetasol cream 0.05% cream applied directly to the ulcers twice daily resolved the ulcers in 3 to 7 days in all 8 patient tried.
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