Patient's Guide to Heart Transplant Surgery

Vitamins and Minerals

Bactrim

Dosage
One double strength (DS) tablet once a day.

Action
It acts to prevent pneumocystis carinii pneumonia is one of the opportunistic infections frequently seen in patients taking immunosuppressive drugs.

Side effects
It interacts with cyclosporine and may actually lower your cyclosporine blood level. This might make it necessary to raise your cyclosporine dosage. Bactrim may also cause nausea and vomiting, but this is rare.

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