Medicines
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Adoport (Tacrolimus) - Anti-Rejection
A leaflet from the Renal Transplant Pharmacy Team about Adoport (Tacrolimus)
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Alemtuzumab Information for Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients
This leaflet contains information about a medicine called Alemtuzumab that is used to prevent kidney transplant rejection.
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Aspirin desensitisation
Information on Aspirin desensitisation - a procedure administering small, increasing doses of aspirin
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Bioequivalent medicines
You have been given this leaflet because your doctor wants to prescribe you a medicine that belongs to a group called ‘biologics’. Your specialist team will have thought very carefully about which medicines are the most helpful and appropriate for you and your treatment.
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Botulinum toxin injection for overactive muscles
This leaflet has been given to you to help answer some of the questions you may have about having botulinum toxin injections to treat overactive muscles.
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Co-trimoxazole (Antibacterial)
A leaflet from the Renal Transplant Pharmacy Team about Co-trimoxazole (Antibacterial)
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Colesevelam for bile salt diarrhoea (unlicensed use)
This leaflet contains information about colesevelam to treat bile salt diarrhoea.
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Cyclophosphamide
This leaflet contains information about Cyclophosphamide to treat Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) and pulmonary vasculitis (such as Wegener’s Granulomatosis). This leaflet will give you more information about this medication.
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EXTERNAL LINK - Skin Creams Alert
This is a link to an externally produced leaflet describing Skin Cream Alerts
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Information regarding use of clonidine patches in children and young people
Information about the use and application of Catapressan patches to treat Dystonia
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Keeping insulin treatment safe and effective
The aim of this booklet is to promote the safe use of insulin by providing you with key information and top tips.
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Leeds Palliative Care Services Using morphine and other opioid painkillers
Using morphine and other opioid painkillers to treat moderate to severe pain in palliative care patients.
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Making up liquid medicine from powder (reconstituting) at home
Reconstituting involves the process of mixing water with a powder to produce a liquid.
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Methotrexate
This leaflet contains information about methotrexate to treat your lung disease. It will give you more information about this medication.
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Methylphenidate
This leaflet contains information about methylphenidate to treat narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnolence. It will give you more information about this medication.
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Mycophenolate - Anti-Rejection
A leaflet from the Renal Transplant Pharmacy Team about Mycophenolate
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Mycophenolate Mofetil
This leaflet contains information about mycophenolate mofetil to treat Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD). It will give you more information about this medication.
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Pain Management
Information about how to manage any pain you may experience during your hospital stay
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Prednisolone (Steroid) - Anti-Rejection
A leaflet from the Renal Transplant Pharmacy Team about Prednisolone (Steroid)
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Riboflavin 0.1% eye drops
Information about riboflavin 0.1% eye drops to treat keratoconus
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Rivaroxaban to prevent blood clots for patients who have reduced weight bearing due to a lower limb injury
This leaflet tells you about Rivaroxaban, what it is for and how to use it.
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Steroids and Cancer: what you need to know
What you need to know about steroids and cancer
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Topical Sirolimus for adults and children
This leaflet describes how topical sirolimus 0.1% ointment should be used and provides advice on how to handle this medicine safely.
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Understanding your pain relief medicines when you go home
Information about pain relief medicines to help you control any pain you may have once you get home.
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Unlicensed Medicines
You have been given this leaflet because you have been prescribed a medicine that does not have a licence.
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Vaccination Advice for Patients on Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapies
Information for patients having chemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted treatments or high dose steroids as cancer treatments
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Valganciclovir (Anti-viral)
A leaflet from the Renal Transplant Pharmacy Team about Valganciclovir (Anti-viral)
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Zoledronic Acid Treatment
Information about treatment for oestoporosis using zoledronic acid
