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Should prograf or cellcept (mycophenolate mofetil) increase the blood sugar level?
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Both can increase: Blood sugar may go up in response to either of these medications.
Answered 3/13/2015
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Diabetogenic prograf: Tacrolimus (Prograf) is known to be diabetogenic and as much as 20-25% of renal transplant recipients who did not have diabetes prior to transplant surgery develop post-transplant diabetes. Mycophenolate mofetil (Cellcept) is not known to cause hyperglycemia.
Answered 3/11/2015
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