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Trimetrexate - Systemic

Brand Names

Neutrexin
Trimetrexate *** Before Using *** How to Use *** Side Effects
*** Additional Information

Before Using This Medication

In deciding to using a medication, the problems of uses this drugs must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you will make. For trimetrexate, the following must be considered

Allergic reaction

Tell your family doctor if you have any unusual or allergy to trimetrexate, methotrexate, or leucovorin. Also tell your health care professional if you are allergic to any other substances, such as foods, preservatives, or dyes.

Pregnancy care

Use of trimetrexate during pregnancy must be avoided whenever possible since trimetrexate has causing birth defects and death of the fetus in animal studies. The use of birth control is recommended during trimetrexate therapy. Tell your family doctor immediately if you think you may be pregnant or if you need advice about birth control.

Breast-feeding problem

It is not known if trimetrexate passes into breast milk. However, breast-feeding must be stopped during treat with this drug because trimetrexate may cause serious unwanted effects in nursing babies.

Use for Children

This drug has been tested in a limited number of children younger than 18 years of age. Trimetrexate can cause serious side effects in any patient. However, in effective doses, this drug did not cause various side effects or problems in the few children who received it than it does in adults.

Elderly care

Many medication have not been studied specifically in elderly people. Therefore, it may not be known whether they work exactly the same way they do in adults people or if they cause various side effects or problems in elderly people. There is no special info comparing use of trimetrexate in the elderly with use in other age groups.

Drug interactions

Although certain medication must not be using together at all, in other cases two various medication may be using together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your family doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are taking trimetrexate, it is especially important that your health care professional know if you are taking any of the following:

Other Information for using

The presence of other medical problems may effect the use of trimetrexate. Make sure you tell your family doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:








  

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