Itching a side effect of imuran?

Hi all,

I haven't posted here in a while as I have been doing good ( knock on wood!) ever since I started imuran last fall. It took forever for me to get in remission and imuran was the answer afterall.

In the last few weeks, I noticed that there's a prickly, itchy feeling all over my body ( primarily at night and mainly on my arms and legs). It's not terrible but I have no idea what is causing this.. initially I thought it was from a house plant with gnats that I threw out but the plant and flies are long gone, yet the itching remains. It seemed to start at the time when I noticed the gnats from the infected plant so maybe it's just a coincidence.

Has anyone experienced these symptoms while being on Imuran? I haven't really changed anything -- diet wise or otherwise.. so am just stumped. Any recommendations? Thanks!

I had posted a few weeks back about how itchy I was, and many others are as well. Those who responded we're on a variety of differing medications (and some on no medications at all). Uc causes skin changes. We are often low in vitamin D and B which might affect our skin in this way.

I had been using irish spring. Changing to a mild hypoallergenic, non-scented body soap helped eliminate my itching. It's part moisturizer, safe for psoriasis and eczema and made by Dove.

I noticed that there's a prickly, itchy feeling all over my body ( primarily at night and mainly on my arms and legs)

This sounds pretty similar to what I have sometimes. I've recently started 6MP but it long predates that. In fact it started after my first surgery in Feb 2013. More specifically, I think oxycodone triggered it. I was on way too high a dose for a few weeks, and went through hell coming off it - my skin, in particular, was a hot mess. It was so sensitive, it felt almost electrified and the slightest breeze or chill would trigger it. It was absolutely horrible and hard to get a doctor to take seriously, since my skin looked fine - no rashes or anything.

That lasted for a few months. Since then it's been about 95% better than what it was, but it's never completely gone away. Haven't found any products which really help for very long; besides it's hard to apply a cream all over your entire body.

I'm feeling itchy writing this but I'm hoping that's 'cos of the walk I shortly had, that's all... :-/