Table 3.
Neurologic side effects of calcineurin inhibitors
Severity | Central Toxicity | Peripheral Toxicity |
Minor | Insomnia, visual disturbances, headache, and mood changes | Paraesthesias, peripheral neuropathy, and myopathy |
Major | PRES, akinetic mutism, toxic encephalopathy, and convulsions | Axonal and demyelinating neuropathy, Guillain–Barré syndrome |
PRES, posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome.