6mp

[Becky]

Is imuran 6mp?

My Dr will be putting me back on imuran along with my remicade next month. I am on entocort and everytime we try to taper off I flare. My Dr doesnt want me on it long term so we will try to imuran and see if that helps. I am a little nervous about being on the 2 together.

 

[Peaches]

Beth was the one I think who know all the scientific stuff about these drugs. I believe Imuran gets turned into 6MP in the body. Something about a metabolite or something or another. Oh I'm so helpful today :O) Search it on google and you should find out a bunch. If you can tolerate it - it *really* helped me. I had my cleanest scope ever while on it - but it just made me very very fatigued.

 

[Becky]

I was on imuran in the beginning before Remicade. It wasnt doing enough so I was put on remicade. My GI said now research shows that being on both can be helpful.

 

[CrohnsHobo]

I was on 6MP and Remicade for a long time until my current Dr. took me off it. He felt I shouldn't be on both at the same time. *shrug*. Though I was on both at the same time for years.

 

[Becky]

Was it more helpful to be on both?

 

[CrohnsHobo]

At the point I stopped I am not sure the 6mp was doing much for me anymore. I give most of the credit to the high dosage of Remicade.(Which also eventually stopped working). The 6MP and the remicade did keep me feeling good for a couple of years though.

 

[Becky]

Thanks!