Decreased Bone Mineral Density in Patients Submitted to Kidney Transplantation Is Related to Age, Body Mass Index, Time on Dialysis, and Hyperparathyroidism
Table 1
Daily pharmacological doses of posttransplantation immunosuppressive treatment of the 88 patients evaluated.
Initial doses
Maintenance doses
Prednisone
0.5 mg/Kg/day (30–50 mg/day) for up to 90 days
5–7.5 mg/day
Mycophenolate mofetil
500 mg 3-4 times/day
500 mg 2-3 times/day
Tacrolimus
0.15–0.2 ng/kg/day to obtain serum levels of 10–15 ng/mL (day 1)
