Corticosteroids | • Weight, general habitus including skin changes |
• Urinalysis and random blood glucose (fasting blood glucose and/or glucose tolerance test if indicated) |
• Blood pressure |
• Electrolytes (hypokalaemia) |
• (Bone densitometry) |
Cyclosporin A | • Blood pressure |
• Creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, and regular glomerular filtration rate assessment for renal toxicity |
• Liver function tests |
• Electrolytes, including magnesium |
• Full blood count (particularly lymphopenia) |
Azathioprine | • Full blood count and differential for leucopenia (in particular neutropenia). Anaemia, thrombocytopenia, and leucoerythroblastic anaemia occur more rarely |