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azathioprine

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Also known as Azasan®, BW-57-322, Imuran®, 6-(1'-Methyl-4'-nitro-5'-imidazolyl)-mercaptopurine, 6-((1-Methyl-4-nitro-1H-imidazol-5-yl)thio)-1H-purine, Imuran (TN), Imuran (tn)

Azathioprine, sold under the brand name Imuran, among others, is an immunosuppressive medication. It is used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and systemic lupus erythematosus, and in kidney transplants to prevent rejection. It is listed by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as a group 1 human carcinogen. It is taken by mouth or injected into a vein.

Key facts

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200
Drug.tradename
Azasan, Imuran, Jayempi, others
Drug.MedlinePlus
a682167
Drug.DailyMedID
Azathioprine
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D
Drug.routes_of_administration
By mouth, intravenous
Drug.ATC_prefix
L04
Drug.ATC_suffix
AX01
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S4
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Rx-only
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POM

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Chemical data

Formula
C9H7N7O2S
Molecular weight
277.27 g/mol
IUPAC name
6-(3-methyl-5-nitroimidazol-4-yl)sulfanyl-7H-purine
SMILES
CN1C=NC(=C1SC2=NC=NC3=C2NC=N3)[N+](=O)[O-]
InChIKey
LMEKQMALGUDUQG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP
0.1
Polar surface area
143 Ų
H-bond donors
1
H-bond acceptors
7
Formal charge
0

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Research

26,406 papers

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Encyclopedic overview

19 sections
Contents
  • Medical uses
  • Transplantation
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Others
  • Adverse effects
  • Pharmacogenetics
  • Cancers
  • Skin cancers
  • Overdose
  • Interactions
  • Pregnancy and breastfeeding
  • Pharmacology
  • Pharmacokinetics
  • Mechanism of action
  • Chemistry
  • History
  • References
  • Further reading

Azathioprine, sold under the brand name Imuran, among others, is an immunosuppressive medication. It is used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and systemic lupus erythematosus, and in kidney transplants to prevent rejection. It is listed by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as a group 1 human carcinogen. It is taken by mouth or injected into a vein.

Common side effects include bone-marrow suppression and vomiting. Bone-marrow suppression is especially common in people with a genetic deficiency of the enzyme thiopurine S-methyltransferase. Other serious risk factors include an increased risk of certain cancers. Use during pregnancy may result in harm to the baby. Azathioprine belongs to the purine analogues subclass of antimetabolites family of medications. It works via 6-thioguanine to disrupt the making of RNA and DNA by cells.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “azathioprine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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