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Imuran side effects

Lizi
  • By Lizi
  • Posted October 31, 2009 at 5:01 pm · 5 replies
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Hi everyone! I hope everyone is having a Happy Halloween. I just wondered, as I was just increased to 150 mg of Imuran along with 20 mg of prednisone, if anyone gets kind of a spacy, can't concentrate feeling. I feel kind of like my head is kind of spinning. It seems to subside after a couple of hours after taking it. I hoping it will go away, but I'm afraid my sats going down don't bode well for this combination. I can't take methotrexate and I'm not sure what else there is.

I am trying to stay active and am even doing pulmonary rehab -- to up 35 minutes on the treadmill, but I am having an increasing oxygen need. Frustrating!

Thanks for any comments, Lizi

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IreneMarie

Have you had any lung field imaging lately?

Lizi

I had a chest xray a few weeks ago and go to the doctor this next week for results. Lizi

nanner

I've been off Imuran for a couple of months, and I can honestly say that I feel more alert without it. This is not to say I haven't been prone to some brain fog, but I just feel a lot more "in the world" than I was on the drug.

LIzi, I did wonder if Imuran caused as much or more brain fuzziness as the prednisone. I am glad I was able to get off all the "big gun" drugs. Right now all I take is Celebrex for the joint issues.

Best of luck to you on the pulmonary results.

Dawny1965

I'm on both Imuran 150 mg. and prednisone 5 mg. I used to be on 40 mg. of the prednisone, but have gradually been able to taper down on that one. I'm unable to go below that though. As soon as I go below 5 mg., my liver enzymes start going back up and I start feeling really crappy. As much as I might feel foggy from time to time, I'd rather the more imuran, so that I'm able to stay lower on the pred. Unfortunately, I think we're kind of stuck. We have no choice but to take these nasty drugs, but I have to say, I'd much rather take imuran and pred combo with the pred lower, than methatrexate any day. Good luck on things.
Big Soft Hugs,
Dawn Marie

MunkeyBoy

I had massive brian fog on Pred, but never noticed it with Imuran.

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