6mp stories

Looks like I might have to go on 6mp in the future because Entocort and Asacol are not working. Can anyone tell me how long it will take to go into remission with 6mp? Someone said it took her about 3 months of 6mp to get remission.

Thanks for the response and care Nanners. I hope everything is going well for you.

I was on 6mp before for about 3 weeks. I did not see a difference.

It took me a few months to get remission with 6mp, but I've been in remission since mid-2004. It was a wonder drug for me.

it took me 7-8 months before i really noticed some change. i started taking it in november 2007 and was told i was in remission in december 2008. i started off at only 25mgs and worked my way up to 75mgs and shortly after is when i noticed a change.

best of luck!

I started 6mp (50 mg daily) about six years ago. The meds I had been on were not holding me in remisssion (I have fairly mild disease but was having fairly frequent mini-flares of 2-4days duration.) The scopes I had had for some years before always showed 2-5 visible ulcers in the cecum and visible reddish inflammation in the terminal ileum. 6mp took hold so gradually over the next few months that I really did not notice anything until one day at abuot 90 days I realized I had experienced a fill month of normal BMs with no apparent symptoms except for one occasion when I had eaten a spicy dinner, and that only lasted one day. The next scope showed only one small ulceration at the ileocecal valve, and during my most recent scope thje GI was poking aroind in the cecum and said "|I can';t find any actiove disease at all." He finally biopsied one small area that was slightly red. He has now stepped me down to 50 mg on alternate days, with the option to return to daily if I flare, which has onlyhappened once. So my experience has been very good with 6mp.

I took Imuran for 6 months and had to be taken off due to the side effects. It made me feel extremly short of breathe. I could barely walk becuse I felt like I couldnt breathe but my oxygen levels were always fine. My pharmacist told me this is the most common side effect of Imuran. I have now been on 6mp for about 3 years and it is my wonder drug. I started off with pred and 6mp and after 3 months my doc took me off the pred because he said the 6mp was working. I take 50mg a day at night time. It hasnt made my crohns go away but I rarely have any problems. My biggest issue is muscle pain. I hope it works for you.   

I have been on 6MP for a few months now.  My last blood levels showed that I am not at optimum level yet so have to raise it to 75 mg a day.  I have certainly noticed hair loss with it so hopefully that doesn't get much worse on the higher dose.