Who should not take Zortress?
The following conditions are contraindicated with this drug. Check with your physician if you have any of the following:
Conditions:
- escape of fluid into the lungs
- fluid in the covering of the heart or pericardium
- cancer or malignancy
- high cholesterol
- hemolytic uremic syndrome
- a condition that affects the kidney and the blood
- decreased blood platelets
- stomatitis
- a condition with painful swelling and sores inside the mouth
- acute kidney failure
- ascites
- impaired wound healing
- malignant lymphoma
- heart transplant
- diabetes
- high amount of triglyceride in the blood
- anemia
- low levels of white blood cells
- thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
- a type of blood disorder
- a type of inflammation of the lung called interstitial pneumonitis
- liver problems
- visible water retention
- elevation of proteins in the urine
- pregnancy
- kidney problems due to BK polyomavirus
- a patient who is producing milk and breastfeeding
- Child-Pugh class C liver impairment
- Child-Pugh class B liver impairment
- Child-Pugh class A liver impairment
Allergies:
- Macrolide Immunosuppressant
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