ACE INHIBITORS AND AZATHIOPRINE

Anaemia has been seen in kidney transplant patients given azathioprine with enalapril
or captopril. Leucopenia occasionally occurs when captopril is given with azathiopr-
ine. Azathioprine is rapidly and extensively metabolised to mercaptopurine. Mercaptopurine is therefore expected to share the interactions of azathioprine.
The manufacturer of captopril recommends that it should be used with extreme caution in patients taking immunosuppressants, especially if there is renal impairment. They advise that differential white blood cell counts should be performed before therapy, then every 2 weeks in the first 3 months of captopril use, and periodically thereafter. Any effect seems likely to be a group interaction, and it would therefore seem prudent to consider monitoring with any ACE inhibitor.
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