I recall reading like a summarized case study about how it concluded that Immuran had carcinogenic effects. I asked my GP about it and he did confirm it as he had a patient who was on long term Immuran recently be diagnosed with cancer.
I'm a little bit annoyed that my rheumy never told me about that fact.
I've been off Prednisone from like Nov-Feb, I'm now back in 10mg of it because I started to flare up a bit. I've been on 75-100mg of Immuran for like a year now, it didn't seem to be very effective in maintaining my Lupus while I was off Prednisone from Nov-Feb.
I'm wondering if it's even worth taking Immuran if it can give me cancer AND it seems to do so little in suppressing my Lupus. I mean, I took 10mg/day Prednisone for 3 days and I already felt better. I talked briefly to my rheumy about it over the phone and he said I should definitely stay on Immuran, saying it was like my "potatoes" of my medications.
I'm wondering if I should get a second opinion. Have you people some thought about the long term effects of your medications?
I'm a little bit annoyed that my rheumy never told me about that fact.
I've been off Prednisone from like Nov-Feb, I'm now back in 10mg of it because I started to flare up a bit. I've been on 75-100mg of Immuran for like a year now, it didn't seem to be very effective in maintaining my Lupus while I was off Prednisone from Nov-Feb.
I'm wondering if it's even worth taking Immuran if it can give me cancer AND it seems to do so little in suppressing my Lupus. I mean, I took 10mg/day Prednisone for 3 days and I already felt better. I talked briefly to my rheumy about it over the phone and he said I should definitely stay on Immuran, saying it was like my "potatoes" of my medications.
I'm wondering if I should get a second opinion. Have you people some thought about the long term effects of your medications?