Internal Medicine News - Azathioprine tablets recalled
October 1, 2006 -- Roxane Laboratories has recalled one lot of azathioprine tablets because of the potential for the bottles to contain the wrong drug. The company...
Internal Medicine News - Azathioprine and pancreatitis
July 15, 2003 -- Azathioprine use was associated with a substantially increased risk of pancreatitis in a population-based case-control study, reported Dr. Andrea...
Leprosy Review - Azathioprine in controlling Type 2 reactions in leprosy: a case report
September 1, 2007 -- Introduction Type 2 reaction (Erythema Nodosum Leprosum--ENL), occurs frequently in patients with lepromatous leprosy. (1) Steroids are the...
Journal of Drugs in Dermatology - Effectiveness of azathioprine combination therapy for atopic dermatitis
June 1, 2006 -- Effectiveness of Azathioprine Combination Therapy for Atopic Dermatitis Commentary on: Azathioprine dosed by thiopurine methyltransferase...
Pharma Marketletter - Novartis' Certican tops azathioprine.
April 21, 2003 -- Novartis of Switzerland's novel, investigational immunosuppressant Certican (everolimus) has proved to be significantly more effective than...
PR Newswire - New Findings Show Efficacy of REMICADE® Compared With Azathioprine in Treatment of Crohn's Disease According to First-of-its Kind Study
October 6, 2008 -- Data from SONIC Trial Showed REMICADE Therapy is More Likely to Induce Steroid-Free Remission and Mucosal Healing Compared with Standard...
Leprosy Review - Role of azathioprine in preventing recurrences in a patient of recurrent erythema nodosum leprosum
September 1, 2006 -- Summary The pathogenesis of erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) involves both immune complex deposition and dysfunction of cell mediated immunity. Tumour...
Journal of Applied Research - Thiopurine methyltransferase activity is correlated with azathioprine metabolite levels in patients with inflammatory bowel disease in clinical...
December 1, 2006 -- ABSTRACT Background: Genetic polymorphisms in thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT) influence the metabolism of azathioprine (AZA) and...
Leprosy Review - Ref: role of azathioprine in preventing recurrence of ENL in a patient—article by KK Verma et al. Lepr rev 77: 225-229
June 1, 2007 -- This an interesting article. We too manage recurrent ENL with prednisolone and clofazimine only; we do not have any other alternative drug in rural...
Skin & Allergy News - Oral azathioprine relieves atopic dermatitis
August 1, 2002 -- Oral azathioprine significantly reduces both clinical severity and serum immunoglobulin E levels in atopic dermatitis patients, said Dr. Natita...
