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Good health care is always a team effort—especially for transplant recipients. You and your family are the most important members of the transplant care team. You can take an active role in your care by learning all you can and taking part in your treatment plan. Since each member of the health care staff contributes to your care, it is important for you and your family to work together with them. The rest of the transplant care team includes...

Martha Walker, DPT, CSCS Chris L. Wells, PhD, PT, CCS, ATC

At the time of your organ transplant, you were placed on a regimen of immunosuppressant medications to prevent your immune system from rejecting the donor organ. There are many different immunosuppressant medications you may have been prescribed, including corticosteroids, tacrolimus, cyclosporine, mycophenolate, azathioprine, and sirolimus. These medications are vital for your...