Purinethol

I’ve been sitting on the data for Purinethol for about six years now. Not the drug itself—that’s been around since the 50s—but the way we’ve been using it in my clinic for a very specific subset of inflammatory bowel disease patients. The literature is solid, but the real story is in the trenches. Let me walk you through what I’ve learned, what the trials say, and where I’ve been burned.