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Prompt Relief of Pruritus With Azathioprine Treatment

Donato Alarcón-Segovia, MD; Alvaro Mayorga-Cortés, MD; Enrique Wolpert, MD

JAMA. 1970;214(2):367-368.

Abstract
In five patients with primary biliary cirrhosis relief of previously intractable pruritus occurred in two to seven days after onset of azathioprine treatment. It is unlikely that such relief was due to lowering of bile acid levels in serum or skin, or to immunosuppression.

Author Affiliations
From the Immunology Laboratory and the departments of rheumatology and gastroenterology, Instituto Nacional de la Nutricion, Mexico City.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Dr. Jimenez No. 261, Mexico City 7 (Dr. Alarcón-Segovia).

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