I am actually hoping to get pregnant in the near future, I just had this discussion with my doc this last thursday, he said that there has been studies and over time they have found that Imuran does not cause birth defects, he said it would be fine to take if I was comfortable with it.. He said 10 years ago he would of said definitly not safe during pregnancy but enough time has gone by and studies that have proven it to be safe. The safety rating for preg. on it I believe is a catoagory C for preg., my pharmacist did not recomend to be on it during preg. so who really knows for sure, I feel safer not being on it at all if I can get by, but I also don't like to have to take Tylenol if I don't have to either while pregnant.. I am not sure how it effect males though.. I remember reading somewere if you are planning to become pregnant you should wait 3 months after stopping the drug to try to conceive to make sure your body is back to normal and its out of your system.
Jenn
