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Do you recommend holding cinacalcet after kidney transplantation and monitoring PTH levels before restarting it?

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Nephrology · UCLA

Recommend to monitor calcium levels and resume cinacalcet if the patient has hypercalcemia. If the calcium level is normal, do not need to resume post-transplant. In addition, if the calcium level is 9 or below, would stop cinacalcet and monitor calcium levels.

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