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Methotrexate |
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- Description - |
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Methotrexate is an anticancer drug used in the treatment of lymphoma (cancerof the lymph nodes) and certain forms of leukemia. It is also given to treatsome forms of cancers of the uterus, breast, lung, head, neck, and ovary.Methotrexate is also given to treat rheumatoid arthritis when other treatmentshave proved ineffective, and is sometimes used to treat very severe anddisabling psoriasis (a skin disease characterized by thickened patches ofred, inflamed skin often covered by silver scales). |
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- Common Side Effects - |
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Abdominal pain and upset,chills and fever,decreased resistance to infection,dizziness,fatigue,general feeling of illness,mouth ulcers,nausea |
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