Myasthenia Gravis Support Group
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a neuromuscular disease leading to fluctuating muscle weakness and fatiguability. The hallmark of myasthenia gravis is muscle weakness that increases during periods of activity and improves after periods of rest. Although myasthenia gravis may affect any voluntary muscle, muscles that control eye and eyelid movement, facial expression, and...
I asked the other day about this today was really rough. I would like to know how hard is it to get off the prednisone and how hard is Imuran to get started. I started Imuran Friday and yesterday and today was bad how long does this go on. I felt sick, sweaty and my chest felt tight so will this last long? And I am not complaining if I could think of a joke right now I would use it but trust me I am still smiling.
You may want to let your doc know. I had those symptoms getting off predisone.....are you going off predisone now? If you are dropping predisone...how much? I had to slow down my drop when symptoms got bad.
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According to my father's neurologist, Imuran is one of those medications where you have to take it a few months for it to build up in your body before it has any noticble effects on the MG. Depending on the person, it could be anywhere between 3-6 months before enough of the drug is present in your body before any results are seen. However despite that it takes a while to have an effect, it is on the flip side long lasting in your body. For example Prednisone you can see the benefits quickly, but then it also wears off quickly so you have to keep taking it. Whereas Imuran it takes a while to see the benefits but it also long lasting and still in your system for a few months even if you stop taking the Imuran. That is how my father's neurologist explained it to me.
Hope that helps!