Table 2.
AZA or MP (N = 49) | TG (N = 52) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Tolerable | Intolerable | Tolerable | Intolerable | |
Patients with an AE | 6 | 38 | 4 | 7 |
Nausea and vomiting | 6 | 20 | 1 | |
Headache | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
Fatigue | 2 | 7 | 1 | |
Myalgia/arthralgia | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
Itch | 1 | 1 | ||
Rash | 1 | 1 | ||
Abdominal pain | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
Fever | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
Malaise | 4 | 1 | ||
Alopecia | 2 | |||
Hot flushes | 1 | |||
Diarrhoea | 1 | |||
Myelotoxicity | 2 | 4 | 1 |
AE: adverse event; AZA: azathioprine; MP: mercaptopurine; TG: tioguanine.
Patients could report multiple side effects.