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What is Azathioprine?

Azathioprine is an immunosuppressant agent used to manage active rheumatoid arthritis and as an adjunctive therapy for the prevention of rejection of kidney transplants.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Prevent organ rejection 108 9 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Neuromyelitis Optica 46 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 40 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 32 10 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Transplant rejection prevention 30 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Crohn's Disease 14 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 339 patients currently taking Azathioprine

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Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Azathioprine. See all 22 dosages ►

  25 mg daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily 100 mg daily 125 mg daily 150 mg daily 175 mg daily 200 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily
  5 Number of Patients: 5 76 Number of Patients: 76 39 Number of Patients: 39 117 Number of Patients: 117 8 Number of Patients: 8 71 Number of Patients: 71 3 Number of Patients: 3 32 Number of Patients: 32 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Azathioprine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 44   Doctor's advice: 36%
Side effects too severe 34   Side effects too severe: 28%
Did not seem to work 23   Did not seem to work: 19%
Other 22   Other: 18%
Course of treatment ended 14   Course of treatment ended: 12%
Personal research 4   Personal research: 3%
Change in health plan coverage 3   Change in health plan coverage: 2%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 1%

See all 111 patients who’ve stopped taking Azathioprine

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Azathioprine

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

Stopped Taking Azathioprine

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Azathioprine

Always
 76 87%
Usually
 7 8%
Sometimes
 1 1%
Never
 3 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Azathioprine

Very
 2 2%
Somewhat
 4 5%
A little
 15 17%
Not at all
 66 76%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Azathioprine

$200+
 2 3%
$100-199
 2 3%
$50-99
 3 5%
$25-49
 1 2%
< $25
 51 86%

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Report created on May 25, 2012.