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Hi

diagnosed with crohns 18 months ago, on azathioprine and prednisolone at the moment just had my dosage of azathioprine doubled.At present I have no energy ,could sleep 24/7 but have seen an improvement in abdominal pain and frequency of toilet visits ,So see how it goes.

Sorry you are so exhausted, I totally feel your pain. How long have you been on the pred? Are they going to taper that now that they increased the Azathioprone? Both can cause fatigue as can the disease in general. I know I could barely move after being on Pred too long.

This is my third round of pred, at 40mg at present tapering this down by 5mg a week

Hey scotty, how long have you been on aza and with the increased dosage how much mg per kg bodyweight do you take?

Anyway, do you have your regular blood tests somewhere or have them discussed with your GI? If you have no energy and sleep most of the time, there might be deficiencies such as problems with iron that cause that - deficiencies come from malabsorption that is a consequence of inflammation.

been on aza 9 months,was on 10 mg per kg doubled to 20 last week,on weekly blood tests