Case reports in nephrology and dialysis 2021 Aug 04
When Paranoia Comes with the Treatment: Psychosis Associated with Tacrolimus Use.
ABSTRACT
Tacrolimus is an immunosuppressive drug frequently used in solid organ transplant recipients. This drug has well-documented neuropsychiatric side effects in the literature, although emergence of psychotic symptoms is rare, being only described in a very few case reports. We present a case of a renal transplant recipient with no prior psychiatric history, who developed a severe psychosis secondary to supratherapeutic tacrolimus' blood concentrations. This case highlights the importance of clinical awareness to rare but severe neuropsychiatric effects due to tacrolimus use.
New answer by at Harvard Medical School (July 29, 2024)
I completely agree with Dr. @Thant. When we have worked with our neurology colleagues on cases of tacrolimus-related psychosis we have also seen case studies of success when t...