Drug Identity
Active Ingredient
Tacrolimus
Drug Class
Antipsoriatics
ATC Code
D11AH01, L04AD02
Status
Essential Medicine
What is Crolimus?
Uses
Tacrolimus is used together with other medicines in people who have had a heart, kidney, liver, or lung transplant. Tacrolimus weakens yo...
How It Works
It is of Synthetic origin. The Molecular Weight of Tacrolimus is 804.00.
How to Take It
1
Adult · PO/IV-Inf
100 to 200 mcg/kg — 6 hourly
In liver transplant starting 6 hrs after transplantation.
2
Adult · PO/IV-Inf
150 to 300 mcg/kg — 6 hourly
In renal transplant starting 6 hrs after transplantation.
3
Adult
Scraped Dose
Follow all directions on your prescription label and read all medication guides or instruction sheets. Your doctor may occasionally change your dose. Use the medicine exactly as directed. You may r
Safety Alerts
Application to malignant or potentially malignant skin lesions, application under occlusion, avoid contact with eyes and mucous membranes, congenital epidermal barrier defects, generalized erythroderma, immunodeficiency, infection at treatment site, pregnancy, lactation, hypersensitivity to macrolides
Important Warnings
Hepatic failure, avoid exposure to UV light
Treat infections before therapy
Monitor patients who develop lymphadenopathy
Side Effects
Application-site paininfections and reactionsherpes simplex infectionlocal irritationKaposis varicelliform eruptionacne. Rare: cutaneous lymphomaother types of lymphomasrosaceaskin malignancy
Drug Interactions
Avoid use of emollients within 2 hours
CYP3A4 inhibitors in widespread or erythrodermic disease
vaccines.
Storage
Caps Store at room temperature. Protect from Moisture. Inj Store at room temperature, Below 25°C. Refrigeration and Freezing is not recommended. Protect from Sunlight.
Price Intelligence
Rs 136.57
DVAGO observed price · as of 30 July 2026
No approved ceiling matched to this exact pack and strength.
Prices across sources
DVAGORs 136.57
Should you consider an alternative?
Other options containing Tacrolimus, and what they are not.
Identical active ingredient at the same strength. Cheapest per unit first.
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Rs 403.76
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Rs 517.48
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