Proper Use

Drug information provided by: Merative, Micromedex®

A nurse or other trained health professional will give you this medicine. This medicine is given through an IV placed in one of your veins.

This medicine is usually given 4 to 12 hours before organ transplantation. Then your doctor will switch you to the oral (by mouth) form of Sandimmune®.

You should not eat grapefruit or drink grapefruit juice while you are receiving this medicine. Grapefruit and grapefruit juice will increase the amount of medicine in the body.