What Medicinal Drugs Can I Take With Methotrexate?
Chemical name: Methotrexate, also known as amethopterin
Brand names: Mexate, Folex, Rheumatrex
Class: Antimetabolite chemotherapy. Fluorouracil, Gemzar, and Xeloda are other antimetabolites.
How it works: Antimetabolites kill cancer cells by acting as false building blocks in a cancer cell's genes, causing the cancer cell to die as it gets ready to divide.
Uses: Methotrexate often is used in combination with other chemotherapy medicines to treat:
- early-stage breast cancer after surgery and...
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