Methotrexate Treatment Report
What is Methotrexate?
Methotrexate is an antineoplastic drug used in the treatment of cancer. Also used as an antirheumatic for rheumatoid arthritis. Off label use in treatment of Crohn's disease and ectopic pregnancy. Experimental use in MS. It is given by mouth, by injection, via IV or intrathecally.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slow my MS progress | 48 |
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6 | |||
| Other | 13 |
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2 | |||
| Pain | 6 |
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2 | |||
| Exacerbation (relapse) MS | 2 |
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1 | ||||
| Arthritis | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Lupus & Sjogren's | 1 | 0 |
See all 61 patients currently taking Methotrexate
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Methotrexate. See all 16 dosages ►
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Did not seem to work
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9 | 38% |
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Side effects too severe
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5 | 21% |
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Doctor's advice
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4 | 17% |
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Course of treatment ended
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4 | 17% |
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Other
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3 | 13% |
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Personal research
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1 | 4% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
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- BrainStain4
- Sex: F
- Flare-up: Moderate
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: None
- Cognition: none
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- BrainStain4
- 25 mg weekly
- since Mar 07, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips Be sure to take at least 1 mg of folic acid per day while on Methotrexate. If your hair starts falling out, ask your doctor about a higher dose of folic acid... See full evaluation
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- shuffles
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: none
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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- shuffles
- since Sep 09, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Pain
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips this medication works well combined with other medication for rheamatoid arthritis. See full evaluation
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- elvato
- Sensation: None
- Overall: None
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: none
- Walking: mild
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- elvato
- 7.5 mg weekly
- since Jun 30, 2009
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for Slow my MS progress
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips Time you're use to a time when you don't have something important you need to do. See full evaluation
See all 11 patient evaluations
Report created on November 23, 2009.