Doctor: Brown patches and spots on skin appear for many reasons â age, sun exposure, pregnancy, as a side effect of certain medi dications, freckles, moles, hormones, rashes, and dozens more. Commonly known as hyperpigmentation, and also called a melasma or a lentigo, a brown patch or spot on the skin is harmless yet disturbing to most people because of the way it looks.
There may be an increased risk of side effects on the kidneys if meloxicam is used with any of the following medicines: 1  ACE inhibitors, eg enalapril. 2  angiotensin II receptor antagonists, eg losartan. 3  ciclosporin. diuretics, eg furosemide.  tacrolimus.
I'm taking prograf immunosuppressants, since my kidney transplant two years ago. I suffer from diabetes and have athritis of the knees. As one of the effects of Prograf is to raise blood sugar levels, research has shown that turmeric (ginger type root powder) reduces this.