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Posted 2/10/2012 10:39 PM (GMT 0)
My son is about to start Remicade in a week and he has been on 6MP for a year. We have been weaning him off the 6MP only since last week, Is there a time period one should be off the 6MP before starting Remicade to minimize cancer risks? My son is 16 so is in the "higher risk" age. We are getting nervous and thinking maybe he should be off the 6MP for a longer time before we start the Remi. Any thoughts?? Thanks.
Posted 2/10/2012 11:31 PM (GMT 0)
That's an excellent question. Unfortunately, I don't think you will find there is an answer. It simply hasn't been studied enough for anybody to know. Doctors might guess, or give you their gut feeling, but that's all they'll be able to give you.

How are you weaning him off the 6MP? I think that can be done rather quickly - or you can even stop it all together with no tapering.
Posted 2/11/2012 12:03 AM (GMT 0)
The doctor just said to go from 75mg to 50mg and then didn't say anything further. He's already taken the 50 for one week so maybe I'll go to 25 for a few days and then will stop. But I think you are right that you can just stop all together since it' already built up in the blood. I wonder how long it takes for the immune system to normalize after stopping. Thanks alot for your input.
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