I have been on 50mg 6MP for about 6 weeks. On Saturday I was due to increase to 75mg by splitting a tablet but I forgot I was meant to split it and took two 50mg tablets so I had 100mg on Saturday night. Yesterday was horrendous! I had no energy, painful joints, painful muscles, no appetite and I spent the day in bed. Last night I took 50mg again and today I feel back to normal. My consultant wants me to go up to 100mg in a month and now I am pretty wary about it! Is spending time on 75mg likely to make me less prone to side effects? My bloods are still being done every three weeks at the moment and are improving but not within 'normal' ranges for CRP and platelets yet.
6MP - a sign of things to come?
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It's hard to say but I had trouble with the higher levels of 6mp for the same reason. Never felt good on 75mg or higher but 50mg didn't really work.
Just to update I increased to 75mg and after three weeks I was so tired I dropped back to 50mg. My latest blood test has shown anaemia (hgb is 11) so my consultant has ordered another blood test to check FBC, Ferritin, B12 and folate. The good news is that all my other bloods are going the right way and he says that if my bloods get within normal ranges and my bowel movements stay the same or improve then I can maintain on what I am on now :ybiggrin:
sounds like a good plan. not everyone needs the typical dose to get a response.
