Should I Stop Taking Azathioprine?
Do Not Stop Taking Your Medicine Unless Your Doctor Tells You To, Even If You Feel Well. What Are the Common Side Effects? During the Early Weeks of Treatment...
Do not stop taking your medicine unless your doctor tells you to, even if you feel well. What are the common side effects? During the early weeks of treatment azathioprine may cause nausea and loss of appetite, rash, flu-like illness with fever, and generalised aches and pains.
What happens when you stop azathioprine?
If you stop taking it suddenly: If you're taking this drug for a kidney transplant and you stop taking it suddenly, you may experience transplant rejection and kidney failure. If you're taking this drug for rheumatoid arthritis and you stop taking it suddenly, your symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis may come back again.
Do you need to wean off azathioprine?
Stopping treatment may be considered at any point if you're in remission. But most gastroenterologists will usually consider stopping the drug after four years for people who haven't had any flare-ups. However there is a risk of relapsing if you stop taking azathioprine or mercaptopurine.
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