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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 101 9 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Neuromyelitis Optica 43 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 39 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Transplant rejection prevention 30 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 19 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Crohn's Disease 12 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 301 patients currently taking Azathioprine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 10
Moderate
 25
Mild
 18
None
 23

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Azathioprine

Hair loss (alopecia) 8
Vomiting 7
Stomach upset 6
Nausea 5
Flat warts 4
Joint pain 3
See all 51 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

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
  6 Number of Patients: 6 64 Number of Patients: 64 35 Number of Patients: 35 106 Number of Patients: 106 6 Number of Patients: 6 63 Number of Patients: 63 3 Number of Patients: 3 26 Number of Patients: 26 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 40   Doctor's advice: 39%
Side effects too severe 27   Side effects too severe: 26%
Other 20   Other: 19%
Did not seem to work 18   Did not seem to work: 17%
Course of treatment ended 11   Course of treatment ended: 11%
Personal research 4   Personal research: 4%
Change in health plan coverage 2   Change in health plan coverage: 2%

See all 94 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
 68 89%
Usually
 5 7%
Sometimes
 1 1%
Never
 2 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Azathioprine

Very
 2 3%
Somewhat
 3 4%
A little
 14 18%
Not at all
 57 75%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Azathioprine

$200+
 2 4%
$100-199
 2 4%
$50-99
 2 4%
$25-49
 1 2%
< $25
 43 86%

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Report created on February 10, 2012.