imuran

Good Afternoon,

Any thoughts on Inuram? Currently taking 125mg & 40mg of prednisone.

Feeling ok..but starting to develop blisters on my chest. Seem to have joint pain in the evenings, sweats during my sleep, blood in stool...and a mild headace.

Just looking to see if has worked for anyone?

You should have a doctor see the blisters.

As for the bleeding, probably Crohn's related. The headaches and night sweating could be from the prednisone.

Imuran has worked for thousands of people, but it takes time (usually several weeks) to kick in. It should be mentioned, too, that lots of people have trouble tolerating it for one reason or another, so that's always a possibility for you as well.

I took Imuran for a few months, but started to feel pretty terrible. It made me extremely nauseous and hung-over feeling in the mornings. My Dr. suggested I try taking it at a different time, but I tried everything and still felt sick. I also always had extremely dark urine upon waking, and eventually started getting kidney stones, which aren't directly be linked to the Imuran, but they did stop forming once I went off of it.

I switched to 6MP, which is supposed to be easier on your system as it is metabolized version of Imuran. I still feel slightly unwell in the mornings, but nothing so severe as when I was on Imuran. I hope I am not scaring you off of Imuran, this was just my personal experience with it. Apart from the blisters on your chest, I have experienced all of the other symptoms you have from both inflammation, and as side effects of Prednisone. Hope you start to feel better soon, and that you find the right mix of medications that help you. All the best

I tried imuran for only a short time before my doc said it wasn't agreeing with my liver. I thought it worked well for the crohn's though.