Patients with inflammatory conditions who have the CC genotype were at greater risk both for discontinuing the use of azathioprine (Imuran) due to hematopoietic toxicity and for needing to switch to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Leflunomide is non-inferior to azathioprine in terms of safety and efficacy for lupus nephritis maintenance ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Patients with Crohn’s disease who have high serum concentrations of Remicade may not see additional ...

Azathioprine is an immunosuppressant, prescribed for prevention of rejection kidney transplantation. The serum concentration of the active metabolites of Azathioprine can be increased when ...

Treatment with azathioprine, an immunosuppressive drug, reduces the rate of relapse in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS); however, it is unknown whether this therapy also inhibits the development ...

Crohn’s Disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract with relapsing and remitting episodes. It is a disease that progresses over time, leading to complications such as ...

Review the side-effects of Azathioprine as documented in medical literature. The term "side effects" refers to unintended effects that can occur as a result of taking the medication. In majority of ...

OUR results in the treatment of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura with splenectomy and corticosteroids have previously been reported. In our overall, long-term, evaluation of 271 patients with ...

(HealthDay)—Methotrexate and azathioprine appear to be effective and safe as maintenance treatments in moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis for up to five years, according to research published online ...

Survey data from over 200 patients showed that treatment discontinuation was lower for those taking mycophenolate or methotrexate than for those taking azathioprine for their myasthenia gravis (MG).

November 12, 2010 — Azathioprine is more successful than treatment with mycophenolate mofetil in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) in remission, new ...

A new large, international study finds that the immunosuppressant drug mycophenolate mofetil is superior to azathioprine, an older immunosuppressant, as a maintenance therapy for lupus nephritis. A ...