- Methotrexate: Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Warnings - Drugs. com
Methotrexate interferes with the growth of certain cells of the body, especially cells that reproduce quickly, such as cancer cells, bone marrow cells, and skin cells Methotrexate is used to treat leukemia and certain types of cancer of the breast, skin, head and neck, lung, or uterus
- Methotrexate: Uses and Side Effects - Cleveland Clinic
Methotrexate is a type of drug called an antimetabolite It treats rheumatoid arthritis by decreasing the activity of your immune system, treats psoriasis by slowing the growth of skin cells and treats cancer by slowing the growth of cancer cells
- Methotrexate (Rheumatrex, Trexall, and others) - WebMD
Overview: Methotrexate is used to treat certain types of arthritis, cancer, and severe psoriasis Common side effects include nausea or vomiting, upset stomach, and mouth sores Serious side
- Methotrexate (oral route) - Side effects dosage - Mayo Clinic
Methotrexate tablet is used alone or together with other medicines to treat several types of cancer, such as breast, head and neck, lung, blood (eg, acute lymphoblastic leukemia or ALL), bone, lymph node (eg, mycosis fungoides, relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma), or uterus cancer
- Methotrexate for Arthritis | Arthritis Foundation
More than 900,000 people in the U S take methotrexate, often as a first-line treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) It’s also used at much higher doses to treat some forms of cancer
- Methotrexate - Wikipedia
"Mechanism of action of methotrexate: experimental evidence that methotrexate blocks the binding of interleukin 1 beta to the interleukin 1 receptor on target cells"
- Methotrexate - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
Methotrexate (MTX) is an anti-metabolite commonly administered during chemotherapy and as an immunosuppressant for autoimmune diseases This activity reviews the indications, mechanism of action, and contraindications for methotrexate as a treatment for neoplastic and autoimmune conditions
- Methotrexate: MedlinePlus Drug Information
Methotrexate is in a class of medications called antimetabolites Methotrexate treats cancer by slowing the growth of cancer cells Methotrexate treats psoriasis by slowing the growth of skin cells to stop scales from forming
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