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Azathioprine belongs to the group of medicines known as immunosuppressive agents. It is used to reduce the body's natural immunity in patients who receive organ transplants. It is also used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Azathioprine may also be used for other conditions as determined by your doctor.

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Treatment Success Rate

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Condition Members Success
Crohn's Disease & Ulcer...
156
71%
Lupus
78
72%
Sarcoidosis
9
78%
Organ Transplants
9
100%
Rheumatoid Arthritis
7
86%
Overall, 73% (271 Members) find Azathioprine helpful
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Azathioprine Reviews

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This and remicade are what keep my CD in remission
I think it's doing it's job...
Makes me nausious but o well
I take 6 a day and it has helped relieve some symptoms
hoping to come off in july
stopped working recently. on new med now.
Wrked for about a year then stoped wrkin!
Working / Worked
It worked for about a year
I had a test run with it in July and had an anxiety attack the same day. Dr. Took me off of it then started me back on it and have been on it ever since with no complications.
150 mg daily
Working / Worked
Initially started for transplant switched to cellcept after 1998 flare recently switched back 5/2008 for TTC
Have been taking since 2005. Makes me a bit tired within an hour of taking. Nauseous as well...but does seem to keep the symptoms controlled
Worked well. My white blood count bottomed out and I had to quit the meds, I still have a very low immune system from the medication.
Working / Worked
the absolute best thing they have EVER put me on.. when they took me off the prednisone and the methotrexate they put me on this and i felt better than i had in years.
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Discussions

  1. Discussion: Azathioprine
    i am severly allergic to azathioprine :( taking it, in conbination with sulfarsalazine, and i ended up in hospital with the lowest white blood cell c... [More]
  2. Discussion: Azathioprine
    hi my experience was a very bad one with azathioprine it made me very ill and i didn't know where i was it was pretty awful and yes the dizzyness was ... [More]
  3. Discussion: Azathioprine
    I've been taking Azathioprine at 100mg everyday for almost 3 years now. I never did experience side effects, or maybe I have been just didn't notice ... [More]
  4. Discussion: Azathioprine
    I wanted to ask if anyonehas had an experience with this drug. My daughter has crohns she is 10 years of age.The doctors want her to go on Azathioprin... [More]
  5. Discussion: Azathioprine
    Hello, Today after yet another trip to the hospital I was given azathioprine tablet to take. has anyone used these before and if so are they any good. [More]

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