Mercaptopurine Tablets

Every day for a month Toby had to take Mercaptopurine tablets which suppress his immunity.  It is recommended that these are taken at night time and have to be taken 1 hour before eating or 2 hours after eating.  Trying to work that into the routine of a 2 year old that is constantly snacking right up until he goes to bed has been a mission!!!  The best way for us to give him the tablets on an empty stomach has been to get up in the middle of the night (usually around 2:00am).  The tablets had to be dissolved in water first and given in a syringe and then I sat up with him for at least half an hour afterwards to make sure he didn’t vomit the tablets back up (which he did a couple of times meaning another tablet had to be given and another half hour up making sure that one stayed down!!!!).  It was a very tiring month, but for now the tablets have finished for 16 weeks, but then they start up again every night for a couple of years (I think) – fun!!!