nervous about remicade.. Cold feet?

I got approved for remicade.. So happy, but was told I would stay on Imuran. I am scared cause I was told by a friend that this can be a dangerous mixture that causes Lymphoma. Any suggestions or words that may calm my nerves a bit..

i have heard that as well about mixing the 2 drugs.  you might do a search on this site for old posts about it.  all i can offer is this:  it is your body and you have a right to refuse to take them at the same time if you don't want to!  i guess the drugs in your signature are not working entirely...how bad are your symptoms?  how long have you been on imuran?  sometimes it can take months for it to work...maybe it has not had enough time to work on its own?

The risks are quite small statistically, but higher for young people. The wonderful remission has kept my daughters colon on the inside, so we are in the risk taking camp. The 6mp/Imuran combo could be changed for you if you are worried, though again, the combo is what seems to keep the Remi working best. Docs are divided on this, but the stats are leaning in favor of the combination treatment. You must do what you think best-keep reading here. It took all of the big drugs to get my daughter in remission,but we finally got there.
Best, K

I just had my first infusion today. Might be my mind but the urgency for me seems to have gone away today. I still have had 5-6 movements since it but the question will be if i wake up at 3am like normal tonight. Im really hopeful since all the 5-asa meds didnt really work this last year, imuran gave me a lot of bad reactions so that ended after a week. Im really stressed about it working/not since starting a new job on monday despite being mid flare....

I had been on 150mgs of Imuran the enitre time I was on Remicade, which was the higher dose every 6 weeks for about 2 years. The thinking behind using the 2 meds together is that the Imuran will help prevent your body from making antibodies to the Remicade. Which unfortunately, didn't work quite so well for me. I switched to Humria in January 2010. But, if you do the research, the statistics on leukemia & such are very, very, very low. Yes, the risk is increased, but cancers have mainly been found in male pediatric patients. So, it's a pro's vs. con's thing- I think the Imuran helped me more than the Remicade overall- I still take it, but at my last GI visit, we talked about discontinuing it but have decided to wait a bit. You don't need Imruan with Humira, as Humira is "all human"... bad way to describe it, but.......