It is used for prevention of organ rejection in transplant patients.
It is an immunosuppressant. In organ transplant patients, it works by suppressing your bodys immune response helping your body to accept the new organ as if it were your own. In allergic eye disease, it works by decreasing the production of chemicals (eg. histamine) that cause allergic eye symptoms such as inflammation (redness and swelling).
Nausea, Diarrhoea, Increased glucose level in blood, Vomiting, Kidney damage, Liver damage, Stomach pain, Increased thirst