Which of the following drug is not a pa of the triple therapy immuno suppression for post-renal transplant patients?
Correct Answer: FK 506
Description: Triple therapy immunosuppression given to all post-renal transplant recipients for 0-3 months includes, a calcineurin blocker (cyclosporine or tacrolimus), an anti-proliferative agent (mycophenolate mofetil or azathioprine) and a coicosteroid such as predisolone. FK 506 is not a pa of 'triple therapy'. Ref: Bailey and Love Sho Practice of Surgery, 25th Edition, Page 1415; Neonatal and Pediatric Pharmacology: Therapeutic Principles in Practice By Sumner J. Yaffe, Page 674; Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 12th Edition, Chapter 35.
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