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Optic Nerve Transplants

nanniesgarden

My granddaughter is totally blind. Both eyes suffered optic nerve damage because of pseudotumor cerebri / IH. Do you think there is a r...

19 answers | 1 comment

FYI :Prograf and Food

Kande

Prograf is a medicine that slows down the bodys immune system. For this reason, it works as an anti-rejection medicine. Prograf helps pat...

16 answers | 1 comment

Uterus Transplant List

kvllydic

Does anyone know how to get on this waiting list?

23 answers | 4 comments

Liver transplant not taking medications

Cath91457

Type your medical question hereMy husband is a liver transplant recipient from 2003. He has stopped taking his medications. I found out h...

33 answers | 8 comments

Not a question but facts for both of my sons liver transplants.

Colleenleanne

My oldest son is 32 in July 2018. He was transplanted 30 years ago with the wrong blood type( He is a O with an A Liver) He has been off ...

is it ok to take milk thistle while on Prograf and Myfortic?

Peps123

8 months out from transplant 8-24-17... lft's up slightly. Doing ok, just tired a lot . wondering if it[s ok to take milk thistle. I am ...

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