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    Mercaptopurine (6-MP), sold under the brand name Purinethol among others, is a medication used for cancer and autoimmune diseases. Specifically it is used...
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    extensive, and are as follows: Azathioprine and 6-mercaptopurine: Azathioprine is metabolised to 6-mercaptopurine which in turn is inactivated by the action...
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    step that azathioprine undergoes in the body is the conversion to 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP; see Pharmacokinetics), which is itself an immunosuppressant prodrug...
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  • Immunosuppressive drugs used with ulcerative colitis include: Mercaptopurine, also known as 6-Mercaptopurine, 6-MP and Purinethiol. Azathioprine, also known as Imuran...
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  • transplantation to control rejection reactions. It is nonenzymatically cleaved to mercaptopurine, a purine analogue that inhibits DNA synthesis. By preventing the clonal...
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  • Capecitabine Cytarabine Doxifluridine Fluorouracil Gemcitabine Hydroxyurea Mercaptopurine Methotrexate Tioguanine (formerly Thioguanine) Actinomycin Bleomycin...
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    nonenzymatically cleaved to mercaptopurine, that acts as a purine analogue and an inhibitor of DNA synthesis. Mercaptopurine itself can also be administered...
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    Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, such as amoxicillin, mercaptopurine, pyrimethamine and zidovudine. In 2012, under prosecution by the United...
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  • are marketed for this purpose.[citation needed] Azathioprine and 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP) are the most commonly used immunosuppressants for maintenance...
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  • fluorouracil, cyclophosphamide, diethylstilbestrol diphosphate, L-DOPA, mercaptopurine, mitomycin, zidovudine Type IB Metabolic tissues (liver, GI mucosal...
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