Originally Posted by
Pierre42
erm, just to be clear - I am not suggesting that azathioprine causes cancer ....
Really? i thought it certainly increased ones risks for getting cancer. If I understood correctly it may also cause some spinal poisoning if you don't have the genes working that break down the drug. That's usually screened for with the TMTP (or soemthing) gene test.
I'm currently on Aza, in my country they don't screen for the genes with the test, but I managed to get myself tested though and was fine. I guess they just follow the blood tests very carefully in the beginning to spot for anomalies.
Diagnosed 08/2013, Relapse 07/2014, Relapse 5/2017 (although early signs of it from 12/2016)
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