A patient who received a liver transplant is beginning maintenance immunosuppressant therapy. For which medication should the nurse prepare teaching for this patient? Select all that apply.

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1. Current maintenance therapy regimes after organ transplantation include corticosteroids.
2. Basiliximab (Simulect) is used for induction or antirejection immunosuppression.
3. Current maintenance therapy regimes after organ transplantation include antimetabolite or antiproliferative agents, like azathioprine.
4. Current maintenance therapy regimes after organ transplantation include calcineurin inhibitors, such as cyclosporine.
5. Rabbit ATG (thymoglobulin) is used during the induction phase of organ transplantation.

A Patient Who Received a Liver Transplant Is Beginning Maintenance