I speak to my doctor weekly. He doesn't charge my insurance for this,
and adjusts my medication accordingly. When I informed him how
nauseous the Imuran was making me feel, he said "Oh no, that isn't
good." He was sympathetic but asked my to try Mylanta for a week.
The following week I told him the Imuran was really making me ill, and
he told me to discontinue it. I asked him if he wanted to try one of
the other meds, and he said if the Imuran is making me so nauseous,
the other immune suppressants probably would too. I asked him if he
wanted me on Colozial or Asacol, and he replied he wanted to wait to
see how I do on the prednisone. I'll talk to him again this
Wednesday. Nora
On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 11:55:40 pst, "Doc" <u1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>RE: Re: Isn't life strange?
>BY: i_never_tan <iemeu@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>I started Imuran on October 3rd, along with the prednisone. I just
>>had my flare-up on my last day of prednisone. What happened, the
>>Imuran didn't work for me? Or was I not on it long enough? I do feel
>>much better off of it. Nora
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>I don't want to sound like a recording... but...
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>What has your doctor said?
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>You doctor is better qualified than anyone here to answer those
questions,
>simply because he/she is more knowledgeable about you.
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>Imuran may not have worked for you, or it may have needed longer to work
in
>your case. If it had started to work, you may have felt even better than
you
>do now. You may have come off the pred too soon. Hard to say really.
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>The Imuran seemed to work for my wife, just took a lot longer than 2
months (I
>think it was closer to 6 months) before she could get off the prednisone
and
>take just the Imuran. Then we couldn't afford the Imuran, so she has
been
>taking nothing (we did get the doctor to prescribe 6mp, which does have a
cost
>assistance program... waiting for approval now).
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