Filed in archive
Digestive Health
by Florence Cardinal on April 6, 2007
For the last two weeks, I've been taking prednisone and using Salofalk enemas and suppositories. The colitis appears to be in remission. The trouble is, from my experience, that once I'm off the prednisone, it will reoccur. My doctor is trying the drug Imuran (azathioprine) in the hopes that it will keep the disease in remission.
The Mayo Clinic has this to say about Imuran:
Immunosuppressives (drugs that suppress the immune system) treat ulcerative colitis by blocking inflammation. The most commonly prescribed are 6-mercaptopurine (Purinethol) and azathioprine (Imuran). They are very effective but may cause side effects such as nausea, vomiting, liver problems or pancreatitis. Long term they work by suppressing the bone marrow and, as a result, the immune response.
I hope they work for me with few side effects.
Permalink: Imuran for Ulcerative Colitis
Tags:
ulcerative
colitis
asacol
prednisone
salofalk
Imuran
Immunosuppressives
immune
system
side
effects
h
Trackback: http://publish.creative-weblogging.com/publish/mt-tb.pl/62011
Addthis
Ask
Blinklist
del.icio.us
Digg
Fark
Facebook
Google
Lycos
Ma.gnolia
Mr Wong
Netscape
Netvousz
Newsvine
Reddit
StumbleUpon
Slashdot
Tailrank
Technorati
Wink
Yahoo
Vote for Imuran for Ulcerative Colitis:
|
Rating: 6.25 out of 4 vote(s) cast.
|
Subscribe
Use the search to look for other interesting posts
| RSS |  See all blog subscribe options |
 What is RSS? | |
| Yahoo! |
|
| Addthis |
|
| Bloglines |
|
| Newsletter | |
| Follow us on Twitter! |
