Risky Treatments

We listed this section separately, because it's so important to understand both the Benefits AND Risks involved with every medication.  

Tommy lost his life to Hepatosplenic T-cell Lymphoma, a disease directly tied to the medication he was using to help treat his Crohn's Disease.  

HSTCL is difficult to diagnose and very aggressive.  Most susceptible to HSTCL are young adult males.

Research has shown that HSTCL is directly tied to the following drugs used in the treatment of Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis and other forms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).  

Click on the name to be taken to the full disclosure, as written by the National Library of Medicine:

• MERCAPTOPURINE Alternate Names: 6MP, Purinethol, Purixan
• AZATHIOPRINE Alternate Names:  Imuran, Azasan
• ADALIMUMAB Alternate Names: Humira   
• INFLIXIMAB Alternate Names: Remicade, Avsola, Inflectra, Renflexis, Anti-tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, Anti-TNF-alpha, cA2 

OUR ADVICE: READ THE FINE PRINT BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION ON YOUR TREATMENT AND STAY INFORMED OVER TIME.  KNOW THE RISKS AS TIME GOES ON AND PERSIST IN FINDING ALTERNATIVES TO THESE TREATMENTS.