Am taking Azathioprine (Imuran)?

I am on 150mgs a day,and they make me so sick :o(
Doc says to take them with food to lessen the sickness,but that doesn't particularly help.Does anyone please have any advice?
Thanks.
Answer:
I take 6-Mercaptopurine; the liver metabolizes Azathioprine into 6-Mercaptopurine, so we're essentially on the same drug. I know exactly the sickness you're talking about.For me, it took 2 or 3 weeks for that side effect to go away. If you've been on it less than a month, there's still a good chance it will go away on its own. In the meantime you can talk to your doctor about an anti-nausea medication to ease the symptoms; that's what I did.If you've been on it for a long time, you may want to talk to your doctor about the pros and cons of this particular medication. Azathioprine is prescribed for a few different conditions and I don't know which applies to you, but there are other medications you may be able to try.

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are you like manicdepressant or something? because i believe people like you should be institutionalized.

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talk to your doc there may be some other anti rejection drug you can try or possibly there could be ssomething he could prescribe to help with the nausea

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i was on that same tablet about a yr ago, i have a skin condition which has my immune system going crazy, so i had too take that tablet too slow my immune system down, but it didn't work, anyway i found taking the tablet with a glass of milk then straight after have either another glass of milk or something too eat, i kept on getting a sick feeling when i was taking them so this helped me. i hope it helps you, take care.

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