Case Report
Manic-Like Psychosis Associated with Elevated Trough Tacrolimus Blood Concentrations 17 Years after Kidney Transplant
Table 1
Neurologic complications of tacrolimus therapy in transplants patients (1, 2, 3).
| Common side effects (up to 60%) | Mild neurotoxic effects (headache, paresthesias, tremor, sleep disturbances, photophobia, and dysesthesias) |
| Uncommon side effects (5–8%) | Severe neurologic symptoms (confusion, seizures, posterior reversible encephalopathy, akinetic mutism, and dysarthria) |
| Rare side effects (0.4–5.2%) | Psychosis, coma, aphasia, and intracranial haemorrhage |
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