Package Leaflet: Information for the Patient
Conferoport 0.5 mg prolonged-release hard capsules EFG
Conferoport 1 mg prolonged-release hard capsules EFG
Conferoport 2 mg prolonged-release hard capsules
Conferoport 3 mg prolonged-release hard capsules EFG
Conferoport 5 mg prolonged-release hard capsules EFG
tacrolimus
Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start taking this medicine because it contains important information for you.
Conferoport contains the active substance tacrolimus. It is an immunosuppressant. After your organ transplant (liver, kidney), your body's immune system will try to reject the new organ. Conferoport is used to control your body's immune response, allowing it to accept the transplanted organ.
You may also receive Conferoport to treat a rejection that is occurring in your liver, kidney, heart, or other transplanted organ, when any previous treatment you were following does not control this immune response after your transplant.
Conferoport is used in adults.
Do not take Conferoport
Tacrolimus immediate-release capsules and Conferoport both contain the active substance tacrolimus. However, Conferoport is taken once a day, while tacrolimus immediate-release capsules are taken twice a day. This is because Conferoport capsules allow for prolonged release (slower release over a longer period) of tacrolimus. Conferoport and tacrolimus immediate-release capsules are not interchangeable.
Tell your doctor or pharmacist before taking Conferoport:
Please avoid taking any herbal preparations, e.g., St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) or any other plant-based product, as this may affect the effectiveness and dose of tacrolimus you need to receive. If you have any doubts, please consult your doctor before taking any plant-based product or preparation.
Tell your doctor immediately if you experience:
Your doctor may need to adjust your dose of Conferoport.
You should stay in regular contact with your doctor. From time to time, to establish the correct dose of Conferoport, your doctor may need to perform blood and urine tests, heart tests, and eye tests.
You should limit your exposure to sunlight and UV (ultraviolet) light while taking Conferoport. This is because immunosuppressants can increase the risk of skin cancer. Wear protective clothing and use a sunscreen with a high sun protection factor.
Handling precautions:
During preparation, avoid contact with any part of the body, such as skin or eyes, as well as breathing near the injection solutions, powder, or granules contained in the tacrolimus products. If such contact occurs, wash the skin and eyes.
Conferoport is not recommended for use in children and adolescents under 18 years of age.
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking or have recently taken or might take any other medicines, including those obtained without a prescription and plant-based preparations.
Concomitant use of Conferoport with cyclosporin (another medicine used to prevent organ transplant rejection) is not recommended.
If you need to visit a different doctor than your transplant specialist, tell the doctor that you are taking tacrolimus. Your doctor may need to consult your transplant specialist if you need to use another medicine that may increase or decrease your blood level of tacrolimus.
Tacrolimus blood levels may be changed due to other medicines you are taking, and blood levels of other medicines may be changed by the administration of tacrolimus, which may require interruption, increase, or decrease of the dose of Conferoport.
Some patients have experienced increases in tacrolimus blood levels while taking other medicines. This could cause serious side effects, such as kidney problems, nervous system problems, and heart rhythm disorders (see section 4).
The effect on Conferoport blood levels may occur soon after starting to use another medicine, so it may be necessary to monitor the blood level of Conferoport frequently and continuously during the first days of use of another medicine and frequently while continuing its use. Some other medicines may cause tacrolimus blood levels to decrease, which may increase the risk of organ transplant rejection. In particular, you should tell your doctor if you are taking or have recently taken medicines such as:
Tell your doctor if you are receiving treatment for hepatitis C. Hepatitis C treatment may change your liver function and may affect your tacrolimus blood levels. Tacrolimus blood levels may decrease or increase depending on the medicines prescribed for hepatitis C. Your doctor may need to closely monitor your tacrolimus blood levels and make necessary dose adjustments of Conferoport after starting hepatitis C treatment.
Tell your doctor if you are taking or need to take ibuprofen (used to treat fever, inflammation, and pain), antibiotics (cotrimoxazole, vancomycin, or aminoglycoside antibiotics such as gentamicin), amphotericin B (used to treat fungal infections), or antivirals (used to treat viral infections, e.g., acyclovir, ganciclovir, cidofovir, foscarnet). These medicines may worsen kidney or nervous system problems when taken with Conferoport.
Tell your doctor if you are taking sirolimus or everolimus. When taking tacrolimus with sirolimus or everolimus, the risk of thrombotic microangiopathy, thrombocytopenic purpura, and hemolytic uremic syndrome may increase (see section 4).
Your doctor also needs to know if you are taking potassium supplements or certain diuretics used for heart failure, high blood pressure, and kidney disease (e.g., amiloride, triamterene, or spironolactone), or the antibiotics trimethoprim and cotrimoxazole, which may increase potassium levels in your blood, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs, e.g., ibuprofen) used for fever, inflammation, and pain, anticoagulants (which prevent blood clotting), or oral medicines for diabetes treatment, while taking Conferoport.
If you are planning to get vaccinated, consult your doctor.
Avoid grapefruit (also in juice) while being treated with Conferoport, as it may affect your blood levels.
If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, think you may be pregnant, or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking this medicine.
Conferoport passes into breast milk. Therefore, you should not breastfeed while taking Conferoport.
Do not drive or use tools or machines if you feel dizzy or drowsy, or have problems seeing clearly after taking Conferoport. These effects are more frequent if you also drink alcohol.
0.5 mg and 2 mg capsules
This medicine contains lactose. If your doctor has told you that you have an intolerance to some sugars, consult them before taking this medicine.
This medicine may cause allergic reactions because it contains orange-yellow S (E 110) and allura red AC (E 129) and tartrazine (E 102).
This medicine contains less than 1 mmol of sodium (23 mg) per prolonged-release hard capsule; this is, essentially "sodium-free".
The printing ink used on the Conferoport capsules contains soy lecithin. If you are allergic to peanuts or soy, do not take this medicine.
1 mg, 3 mg, and 5 mg capsules
This medicine contains lactose. If your doctor has told you that you have an intolerance to some sugars, consult them before taking this medicine.
This medicine may cause allergic reactions because it contains orange-yellow S (E 110) and allura red AC (E 129).
This medicine contains less than 1 mmol of sodium (23 mg) per prolonged-release hard capsule; this is, essentially "sodium-free".
The printing ink used on the Conferoport capsules contains soy lecithin. If you are allergic to peanuts or soy, do not take this medicine.
Follow exactly the administration instructions of this medicine given by your doctor. In case of doubt, consult your doctor or pharmacist again. This medicine should only be prescribed by a doctor with experience in the treatment of patients with transplants.
Make sure you receive the same tacrolimus medicine each time you collect your prescription. Unless your transplant specialist has agreed to change to a different tacrolimus medicine, this medicine should be taken once a day. If the appearance of this medicine is not the same as usual, or if the dosing instructions have changed, consult your doctor or pharmacist as soon as possible to ensure you have the correct medicine.
The initial dose to prevent rejection of your transplanted organ will be determined by your doctor based on your body weight. The daily initial doses just after transplantation will generally be within the range of 0.10-0.30 mg per kg body weight and per day, depending on the transplanted organ. For treatment of rejection, these same doses may be used.
Your dose depends on your overall condition and any other immunosuppressive medication you may be taking.
After starting treatment with Conferoport, your doctor will perform frequent blood tests to determine the correct dose. Afterward, your doctor will need to perform blood tests regularly to determine the correct dose and to adjust the dose from time to time. Your doctor will usually decrease your dose of Conferoport once your condition has stabilized. Your doctor will tell you exactly how many capsules to take.
You will need to take Conferoport every day as long as you need immunosuppression to prevent rejection of your transplanted organ. You should stay in regular contact with your doctor.
Conferoport is taken orally once a day, in the morning. Take Conferoport on an empty stomach or 2 to 3 hours after a meal. Wait at least one hour until the next meal. Take the capsules immediately after removing them from the blister pack. The capsules should be swallowed wholewith a glass of water. Do not swallow the desiccant contained in the aluminum bag.
If you take more Conferoport than you should
In case of overdose or accidental ingestion, consult your doctor or pharmacist immediately or call the Toxicology Information Service, phone: 91 562 04 20, indicating the medicine and the amount taken.
If you forget to take Conferoport
If you have forgotten to take your Conferoport capsules in the morning, take them as soon as possible the same day. Do not take a double dose the next morning to make up for the forgotten doses.
If you stop taking Conferoport
Stopping your treatment with Conferoport may increase the risk of rejection of your transplanted organ. Do not stop treatment unless your doctor tells you to.
If you have any further questions on the use of this medicine, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause adverse effects, although not all people suffer from them.
Conferoport reduces the body's defense mechanisms (immune system), which will not work as well when fighting infections. Therefore, if you are taking Conferoport, you will be more prone to suffering from infections. Some infections can be serious or fatal and may include infections caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, or other infections.
Inform your doctor immediately if you have symptoms of an infection, including:
these symptoms may be due to a rare and serious brain infection that can be fatal (progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy or PML).
Severe effects can occur, including allergic reactions and anaphylaxis. Benign and malignant tumors have been reported after treatment with Conferoport.
Inform your doctor immediately if you suspect you are suffering from any of the following serious adverse effects:
Common serious adverse effects (may affect up to 1 in 10 people):
Uncommon serious adverse effects (may affect up to 1 in 100 people):
Rare serious adverse effects (may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people):
Very rare serious adverse effects (may affect up to 1 in 10,000 people):
Adverse effects of unknown frequency (frequency cannot be estimated from available data):
After receiving Conferoport, the following adverse effects may also occur and may be serious:
Very common adverse effects (may affect more than 1 in 10 people):
Common adverse effects (may affect up to 1 in 10 people):
Uncommon adverse effects (may affect up to 1 in 100 people):
Rare adverse effects (may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people):
Very rare adverse effects (may affect up to 1 in 10,000 people):
If you experience any type of adverse effect, consult your doctor or pharmacist, even if it is a possible adverse effect that does not appear in this leaflet. You can also report them directly through the Spanish Pharmacovigilance System for Human Use Medicines: https://www.notificaram.es. By reporting adverse effects, you can contribute to providing more information on the safety of this medicine.
Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children.
Do not use this medicine after the expiration date that appears on the carton and on the blister pack after "EXP". The expiration date is the last day of the month indicated. Use all capsules within one year of opening the aluminum bag and before the expiration date.
Store in the original packaging (aluminum bag) to protect it from light and moisture.
Take the capsule immediately after removing it from the blister pack.
Medicines should not be thrown away in drains or trash. Deposit the packaging and medicines you no longer need in the pharmacy's SIGRE point. Ask your pharmacist how to dispose of the packaging and medicines you no longer need. This will help protect the environment.
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Capsule content: ethylcellulose, hypromellose, lactose, magnesium stearate.
Capsule shell:
Capsules of 0.5 mg and 2 mg
Brilliant blue FCF (E133), allura red AC (E129), titanium dioxide (E171), orange yellow S (E110), gelatin, tartrazine (E102).
Capsules of 1 mg and 3 mg
Brilliant blue FCF (E133), allura red AC (E129), titanium dioxide (E171), orange yellow S (E110), gelatin.
Capsules of 5 mg
Brilliant blue FCF (E133), allura red AC (E129), titanium dioxide (E171), orange yellow S (E110), gelatin, erythrosine (E127).
Printing ink
Shellac gum, aluminum lake of allura red AC (E129), aluminum lake of brilliant blue FCF (E133), aluminum lake of orange yellow S (E110), propylene glycol (E1520), lecithin (soy).
Capsules of 1 mg, 3 mg, and 5 mg
See section 2 "Conferoport contains lactose and azoic dyes, which contain sodium and soy".
Capsules of 0.5 mg and 2 mg
See section 2 "Conferoport 0.5 mg contains lactose and azoic dyes, which contain sodium and soy.
Product Appearance and Package Contents
Capsules of 0.5 mg
Size 5 gelatin capsule with a light brown body and a light yellow cap, printed in black with "0.5 mg", containing white to yellowish powder or compacted powder (length 10.7 - 11.5 mm).
Capsules of 1 mg
Size 4 gelatin capsule with a light brown body and a white cap, printed in black with "1 mg", containing white to yellowish powder or compacted powder (length 14.0 - 14.6 mm).
Capsules of 2 mg
Size 3 gelatin capsule with a light brown body and a dark green cap, printed in black with "2 mg", containing white to yellowish powder or compacted powder (length 15.6 - 16.2 mm).
Capsules of 3 mg
Size 2 gelatin capsule with a light brown body and a light orange cap, printed in black with "3 mg", containing white to yellowish powder or compacted powder (length 17.7 - 18.3 mm).
Capsules of 5 mg
Size 0 gelatin capsule with a light brown body and a pink cap, printed in black with "5 mg", containing white to yellowish powder or compacted powder (length 21.4 - 22.0 mm).
PVC/PVDC and aluminum blister pack with a desiccant sealed in an aluminum bag. The desiccant should not be swallowed.
Package sizes: 30 hard prolonged-release capsules in a blister pack or in single-dose perforated blisters of 30x1 and 60x1 (2x30) [only for 1 mg].
Not all package sizes may be marketed.
Marketing Authorization Holder and Manufacturer
Marketing Authorization Holder
Sandoz Farmacéutica, S.A.
Centro Empresarial Parque Norte
Edificio Roble
C/ Serrano Galvache, 56
28033 Madrid
Spain
Manufacturer
Lek Pharmaceuticals, d.d.
Trimlini 2D
9220 Lendava
Slovenia
Date of the Last Revision of this Leaflet: March 2025
Detailed information about this medicine is available on the website of the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) http://www.aemps.gob.es/