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Sirolimus-associated pulmonary toxicity

Phuong-Thu T Pham1, Phuong-Chi T Pham, Gabriel M Danovitch

  • 1David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Nephrology Division, Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. PPham@mednet.ucla.edu

Transplantation
|April 29, 2004
PubMed
Summary

Sirolimus therapy can cause serious lung problems, including cough and shortness of breath. Stopping sirolimus (an immunosuppressant drug) often improves these pulmonary toxicity symptoms.

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