Sirolimus
For those patients taking Sirolimus, Kings Liver Pharmacy have asked us to convey the following information: ‘Sirolimus is changing from rapamune brand to a generic. It is still being made by the same drug company. If you take this medication, the drug you will now…
ENVARSUS
Dr Varuna Aluvihare attended the Listen Group Zoom meeting on 17 March 2025 to present news about Envarsus – a new version of tacrolimus. The majority of Kings Liver Transplant patients currently take Prograf or Advagraf. Prograf is a twice daily medicine, meaning two three…
Flu and COVID-19 Vaccination Information
Liver transplant patients should have been, or should be soon, contacted by their GP about flu and COVID-19 vaccination. If you are offered these vaccines we would recommend you have them. Neither of these are live vaccines so are perfectly safe for liver transplant recipients…
Outpatient prescriptions for patients attending a face to face appointment
If you attend an appointment on site at Kings and you are prescribed medications which you can only get from the hospital, please ensure you collect these from the pharmacy on the day of the appointment. In order to make this process quicker and more…
Information from King’s Liver Pharmacy – RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) Vaccination Programmes
From 1 September 2024, two new RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) vaccination programmes will be introduced in the UK. Vaccination will be offered to the following groups. Adults aged 75 to 79 years old All adults turning 75 years old on or after 1 September 2024…
New Shingles Vaccine and Immunisation Programme
Kings Liver Pharmacy have provided the following information: The shingles National Immunisation Programme is changing from 1 September 2023 and more people are now eligible for a shingles vaccine, including anyone 50 years and over with a “severely weakened immune system”. The definition of severe…
A message from Kings Liver Pharmacy: Update to the immunosuppression protocol for liver transplant patients
From September 12th 2022, there will be a change to the immunosuppression protocol used for liver transplant patients. This will not affect existing transplant patients who are well established on their immunosuppression but will mean that newly transplanted patients will be on a different brand…
Changes in Dispensing Immunosuppressant Medication from Kings
All immunosuppressant medications will now be dispensed by the outpatient pharmacy (KFM pharmacy) at King’s. It will no longer be possible for immunosuppression to be prescribed on a green prescription for you to take to your local pharmacy. (Patients who obtain their immunosuppression medication directly…
Advagraf – There is no problem with supply!
The liver pharmacy team have recently received a number of calls from patients who are concerned because their local pharmacy has told them there are supply problems with Advagraf. There is no supply problem; this is a misunderstanding by local pharmacies who find they cannot…