Imuran with allopurinol

Anyone had any success with this combo, I've just been put on it a week ago.

Read about all warnings etc and having bloods weekly. It's my last shot before pushing for remacade/infliximab which I would rather just jump on now.

Rage!

Friend of mine started on this regime a couple of months ago, says it is helping and side effects not too bad. Hope it works for you.

I did well on 6mp and allopurinol for a while. I did have low WBC but I was able to lower the 6mp dose and get things balanced out.

The weekly blood work is a precaution when you initially start it to make sure both, your white blood cell count does not get too low (lowering your white blood cell count is the point of the med), and your liver function appears normal. I am on every 3 months now for my blood work. Most GIs start your Imuran dosage low, and increase it after a number of weeks after a number of good blood test results come in. Imuran might be enough for you, it's worth a shot, and the remicade may not be needed. Both Imuran and Remicade carry most of the same black box warnings but the severe side effects are extremely rare (4 in 10,000 or 0.004% for imuran). Good luck,