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I have yellow under eyelids and corner of my eyes it doesn’t look as dark as jaundice. Does anyone experience this on azathioprine

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PMRpro

Jaundice isn't particularly dark at the start! You need to tell your doctor as soon as possible as eyes and skin can yellow as a result of aza - always better safe than sorry.

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JaneI_1 in reply to PMRpro

Yeah I get my bloods done weekly anyway and had my full blood count back and it was fine was waiting on my liver function tomorrow! So thinking of monitoring until my next bloods on Wednesday see how it is

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Oshgosh

How long have you been on Azatropine?

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JaneI_1 in reply to Oshgosh

2 months but my platlets dropped to below average about 2 weeks ago so had to stop and restart it but been back on it while

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LynnD

Mine is the same

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