6MP combined with Remicade

[Princess0809]

I have had Crohns for about 12years and last year was my first real battle with it, which forced me to be out work for 2 1/2 months. So my doctor put me on 6mp with Asipro. That combo did not work. Then he put me on remicade with 6mp which work. I had my started remicade in Feb and have been doing maintenance every 8wks. Here is my problem been doing a lot reading of late cause I needed to figure out why 1. all this weight gain (34lbs gained since Feb at my sickest), 2. Losing my hair/ thinning. 3. Tierd during the day now, 4. Knees crack and ache a lot. It seems the 6mp could be the issue. Now I play tennis 3times a week, and work out in the gym every other day. So I just don't understand. I made the decision to stop taking the 6mp and go back on the apisio to see if my symptons will come back or I am still going to feel the same which overall is good cause I really think its Remicade doing the trick. So I just want some opinion on this course of treament, am I being to hastie?:ybatty:

 

[shamrock15]

Check with your doc before discontinuing the 6mp - it takes a long time to build up to its working point. It did me a fair amount of good for approx. 7 years, but then crohn's built a resistance to it. Remicade wasn't available when I was taking it, so I don't know how well they work together.

 

[mike316atl]

I took 6MP for 2 weeks. I starting getting severe headaches in the back of my head. I also experienced nausea 24 hrs a day. Doc recently took me off of it. We are trying to find another type of med.