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What is Azathioprine?

Azathioprine is an immunosuppressant agent used to manage active rheumatoid arthritis and as adjunctive therapy in prevention of rejection of kidney transplants. Off label it is used to prevent rejection in solid organ (nonrenal) transplants; for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Slow my Devic's progress 21 8
Other 2 1
slow my Devic's progress 1 0
Slow my MS progress 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
1 10%
Moderate
4 40%
Mild
3 30%
None
2 20%

Most commonly reported side effects

vomitting
2 20%
hair loss
2 20%
Sore throat (Pharyngitis)
2 20%
stomach upset
2 20%
hepatitis
1 10%
Urinary Tract Infection UTI
1 10%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  50 mg daily 75 mg daily 100 mg daily 125 mg daily 150 mg daily 175 mg daily 200 mg daily 400 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Azathioprine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
4 36% Other: 36%
Doctor's advice
3 27% Doctor's advice: 27%
Side effects too severe
2 18% Side effects too severe: 18%
Did not seem to work
1 9% Did not seem to work: 9%

See all 9 patients who’ve stopped taking Azathioprine

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Azathioprine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
2
4
2
5

Stopped Taking Azathioprine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
2
1
3
3
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
8 80%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
1 10%
Never
1 10%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
1 10%
A little
3 30%
Not at all
6 60%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
1 10%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
4 40%

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Report created on November 23, 2009.