Yes, you can and you should get a flu shot every year if you are on MTX. My Rheumatologist did suggest not to get the shot the day of or first couple of days after taking your MTX dose (if you take it once a week).

You should of course discuss this with your doctor.

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Possible side effect

Methotrexate is usually well tolerated but some patients may develop mouth sores, stomach upset, and low white blood counts. Methotrexate is known to be toxic to the liver, kidneys, lung and bone marrow. Blood tests should be done on a regular basis while treatment with this drug. Other adverse reactions may include headache, drowsiness and allergic reactions such as skin rash, itching, dizziness, and hair loss.

I found that I was getting imprved results within a few weeks after starting MTX.

It is largely unadvisable to consume alcohol whilst taking leflunomide (or its sister drug, teriflunomide).

There is a known risk of liver damage in patients taking leflunomide and alcohol increases the risk of this occurring.

Yes, you should continue to take methotrexate unless your doctor advises you to stop.

If you take Methotrexate as part of your treatment for arthritis you should consider your reasons for doing this carefully. I had to have an operation a short while ago and as a result was not allowed methotrexate prior to and shortly after the opperation as it isan immune suppressant something you don't need with bone surgery. In my case it was a simple case of just not taking it any more until a week after the operation

No you cannot drink with this medication. The drug itself is hard enough on your kidneys and you are required to take extra folic acid as the drug destroys it in your system that's why you have to do regular blood testing! Alcohol can cause damage to your kidneys and liver and especially so when on methotrexate. However the odd beer should not be too much of a problem.

Imagine what? Not having a cold one during the football game or at a bbq? That is scary. My RA (rheumatologist) doctor said it's fine to drink a few beers during the week. My blood test always come back fine and my doctor approves. Now a case a week may hurt the old liver or kidney but a couple beers here and there won't hurt. Live a little. We already have to deal with a crappy immune disease.

The average price for a medical abortion is $400. Whether the doctor will give you the injection, pill or suction abortion is up to him based on your health.

You will not get a period until your HCG count is back to normal which is less then 5. And even then it can take 1-2 weeks after that before your period comes back. If you were diagnosed with ectopic, they should be following your HCG level about every few days or at least every week until you are back to normal.

You can. There is no interaction between these drugs.

Rheumatrex (Methotrexate) or Generic Methotrexate

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Yes, most antihistamines are safe to take with methotrexate. You should still speak to your doctor about your specific case.

In lower doses, like given for auto-immune issues, you can expect some thinning of the hair. In higher doses, you may lose hair.

No, methotrexate is a form of chemotherapy and an immunosuppressant. It is used to treat autoimmune disease and some forms of cancer.

Yes, you just need to be extra cautious. You are more susceptible to infection when on methotrexate.

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Methotrexate is an antimetabolite used to treat certain types of cancer.

Methotrexate is an antimetabolite used to treat certain types of cancer. It inhibits dihydrofolate reductase, an important enzyme responsible for the synthesis of nucleotides for DNA. This medication inhibits synthesis of DNA, DNA reparation and cell mitosis. Cells of malignant tumor, bone marrow, embryonic cells, epithelial cells of the intestinal mucosa, bladder, oral cavity are the most sensitive to it.

Methotrexate is used in treatment of breast cancer, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, lung cancer, trophoblastic tumor, cervical cancer, ovarian cancer, bladder cancer, colorectal cancer, esophagus cancer, stomach cancer, pancreatic cancer, testicular cancer, acute lymphoblastic leukemia and many others.

Well it is not beneficial to get pregnant right away. A body needs time to heal from the ectopic pregnancy, particularly if anything punctured, tore or ruptured. If you are pregnant again there is nothing you can do about that. Some women will have twins where one baby is ectopic and the other is not. So she delivers a healthy single baby after the ectopic pregnancy is resolved. If you are only concerned about the chemical having been in your body do not fear. It goes through the body within days.

This would be OK to do. There are no interactions listed between these two drugs. Remember that methotrexate is very harsh on your stomach. Have some food before you take this!

Even more important to remember is that methotrexate wipes out folic acid in the system so a folic acid supplement needs to be taken everyday in order to reduce the risk of liver toxicity.

yes, it interferes with microtubules that segregate the chromosomes in mitosis

There have been reports of people taking Atvian and methotrexate together at the same time. However taking both of these drugs together can increase the risk of side effects such as dizziness and drowsiness.

Yes Methotrexate is an imune supresant and people using this drug should do their best not to be near anyone woth colds or flu, as they are more likely to pick it up and wil have more dificulty getting rid of it.Have a look at the related link below(Methotrexate: 10 Things You Should Know)

Methotrexate is a DMARD (disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug) used to treat certain types of arthritis and rheumatic conditions.

This would be best discussed with his doctor I am an adult on the same stuff and from what I understand there is an increased risk if infection. At one stage I ended up not being able to get rid of a lung infection while on Methotrexate and antibiotics until i dropped the methotrexate for the course of antibiotics plus one more week.

If you are on methotrexate make a point of mentioning it to your Doctor if you are going to have any live inoculations against illnesses because the methotrexate will reduce the effectiveness of the injections or possibly make them useless altogether.

I started using MTX some yeas ago at 10 mg once a week with 5 mg offolic acid a day because the mtx stops your body from producing it. and it helps protect the kidneys against a lack of the stuff. However I caught a cold or flu. Now normally I would shake it of after a couple of days and make some smart remark to those dropping like fly's all around me like " I didn't like that flu so I decided to stop having it" Methotrexate changed that, As a result of the MTX and possibly the prednisone I take I don't seem to have the same resistance against cold and flu as I used to have. I was back and forth to the doctor for weeks trying to get to a position where I could breathe again without wheezing, I even ended up on asthma treatments, To no avail. So after a couple of month of this I got hit by another bout of flu, only this time I decided to take the MTX into account. I went to the doctor and got antibiotics for the lung infection and got of the MTX for the time that I was on the antibiotic's. The result was that for the first time I was getting ahead of the breathing problem. Luckily my Ra did not flare up during this little experiment and I just got back onto the stuff after missing it for two weeks. I had to have an operation a little while ago and was told by my surgeon to get of the MTX for the week Preceding and the week after the procedure. and once again it did not seem to do any harm. So as I see it if you are in need of your immune system to fight infection sometimes it may be a good idea to get of MTX and get the system working properly. Mind you I am not a trained professional in these maters so bringing this up with your doctor might also be a good idea.

Can Lexapro and Methadone be taken together on a day to day baices? No one seems to know. my dotor didnt tell me if it was safe

It has in fact been noted in a large number of cases that clindamycin appears to reduce the blood level of methadone in methadone maintenance patients, hence causeing acute methadone withdrawl. This has not been proven, but a correlation has been shown in numerous cases in which methadone maintenance patients have been prescribed a cycle of clindamycin, only to return to the doctor with reports that the clindamycin made them feel even sicker than they had been in the first place. I am not a doctor, I am the boyfriend of a 22 year old woman who has been on methadone maintenance for 3 years. Recently, she had a dental infection for which the physician at the walk-in clinic prescribed clindamycin. She took it for a few days, and with each passing day she felt sicker and sicker, in a way that she could only associate with acute opioid withdrawl. Finally, she came to the theory that there may be some kind of negative reaction between the two medications, and looked it up on the internet. Upon reading various articles and reports, she found that she was not alone, and that there was scientific evidence that implied an adverse reaction between these two drugs, and that the result could be withdrawl. There are lots of antibiotics available now, and if you are alergic to one or more, you still have a palette of options. Consider it an allergy, if you are on methadone, then you can just tell your doctor that you are allergic to clindamycin, or that you are on methadone and have read on wiki answers that clindamycin is known to have a negative effect on methadone treatment.