I've been on Imuran for years, and it really works well for me!

I have never had any side effects at all from it, but know that some
people have gotten quite nauseous from it.  

Hope it does the trick for you

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Donna
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1.)   ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we
call them FRIENDS......

2.)    J.K.M.A.

Ah. That is what I missed.  I recall the rheumy saying something about
Imuran and then I got distracted as he went off and the nurse came in
with the scrips which I didn't really read until I got to the drug store
and then wasn't clear what this stuff was supposed to be. I take it that
this is the generic of that.

Angela,
It does take a long time it seems for the rituxan to kick in but once it did
it has really started working.  I think it was about the 4 month mark for me
if I am right.  I know at 5 weeks I was pretty discouraged if I recall
correctly.  Donna finally told me it took a bit for her.

Having said that I came down from 10 mg of prednisone which I have been on
for about 3 years to 5.5 mg from November to now.  It was an easy drop too.
My energy level went up and I went to zero swollen joints after the second
set of infusions.  We didn't catch the freefall after the second set of
infusions quick enough though so hopefully this last set (3rd set for me)
will let me get lower on my prednisone faster (apparently it should kick in
a little quicker this time and next time we will automatically have the next
infusion at 6 months - not 7 months as it turned out).

Hang in there!  It feels great!

Kelly

I keep hoping I can take some off, too, but when I start looking at my list,
everything is for something different!   I guess that's life, though.
Axathioprine is not something I remember trying, generic or brand name.