Hi, I've had my transplant now for 8 yrs. My anti-rejection meds have now caused me to develope diabetes!! Has anyone else had this problem?

[pringle45]

[richardgere]

I have had my transplant 12years this march, and no the anti rejection drugs have not affected my kidney, sorry x

[Methusala]

I wonder if you have developed diabetes because of your age, or other health reasons which have nothing to do with having a transplanted kidney? You should ask your doctors/consultant about this. Ihave had a transplant for 5 years and don't have diabetes.

[pringle45 in reply to Methusala]

My diabetes was caused by one of my transplant meds- " Tacrolimus "

[redwendyb]

I have had my transplant for 24 years and I developed diabetes after 10 years. No family history at all.

[pringle45 in reply to redwendyb]

Tacrolimus ( one of my transplant meds) caused my diabetes . There doesn't seem to be much helpful imformation on post transplant diabetes

[redwendyb]

I am also taking tacrolimus but started on cyclosporine originally. I have read that immunosuppressants can damage the pancreas.

[Shortspin]

There's information on NHS.uk which says that dibetese can be a risk of the drugs, though there don't appear to be more details than that. check the info for yourself here, nhs.uk/Conditions/Kidney-tr...

[Kel1959]

I became diabetic immediately after my transplant 4 years ago. I remember being told before my op that Diabetes can be caused by steroid medication and also immunosuppressants.

I was lucky that I was able to stop taking steroids after about a year and I am no longer diabetic. However the doctors have told me that I am more at risk of becoming diabetic again in future as the risks increase with age for everyone but my risk is higher.

Not sure if this helps.

[catwoman0005]

Hi

Yes my anti rejection drugs caused my diabetis of which I was not warned about so now I am fighting the diabetis plus my kidney has now failed and I am back on dialysis

[moggie64]

Hi.. I got my Kidney TX in January 2012 , 2 years later I became type 2 Diabetic ..... now 3 1/2 yrs post TX my Hba1c is still far to high , (74 this week ) and now being refereed to the Hospital Diabetic clinic to get it sorted .....

[Mungo]

Not heard of this, but I started to develop arthritis 3 months after my transplant. I'm on Advagraf and Myfenax.

[smashandgrab]

I am sorry to say that diabetes is a known side effect of some antirejection drugs. It does not affect everyone and it is best to talk to your team about it.

[Mungo]

No, but my anti-rejection drugs have let in arthritis. Started a few months after my transplant (Oct 2012). Getting progressively worse. Fingers, toes and some other joints affected.

[Dara33]

I too have high glucose. Because my A1C is 4.3 my regular Dr took me of metformin. My dietician told me that if I exercise this should help the glucose because of insulin resistance. It’s like a catch 22... I want to start walking regularly but I am tired! Just don’t want to develop pancreatic cancer.