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If a person has been on prednisone and azathioprine for over six months and no improvement has been made, what other alternatives are there?

April 26, 2017Alternatives azathioprine improvement months person prednisone

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If a person has been on prednisone and azathioprine for over six months and no improvement has been made, what other alternatives are there?

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First, the physician will have to reevaluate the nature of sarcoidosis. If the lungs are completely scarred no medicine will be effective. If the disease is active, explore the possibility of giving hydroxychloroquine 200 mg BID.