The nurse is educating a renal transplant patient about his immunosuppressant medication therapy. Which statement by the patient best indicates an appropriate understanding?
a. "I will be gradually weaned off my medications during my lifetime."
b. "After 6 months, I will be down to taking one medication for life."
c. "My doctors may try to stop my steroids soon after my transplant."
d. "I will only need to take my mediations every other day for life."
C
Transplant programs vary in the immunosuppressant medications that are prescribed; some programs withdraw steroids after a predetermined amount of time. Transplant recipients will be on immunosuppressant medications for life taking, at minimum, two medications—a calcineurin inhibitor or mTOR inhibitor and an antimetabolite. Medications are taken at regular daily prescribed intervals to maintain therapeutic blood levels.
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