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All drugs are dangerous and the cases that I have found where MTX has caused a fatality are a direct result of incorrect administration of dosages. One case where a pharmacist incorrectltly stated the dosage daily instead of weekly and two where patients self administered drugs.
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Now I am no expert but this thread was a query about the booklet but many have jumped on the MTX bandwagon souting MTX causes death. So lets looks at Fumaderm and the reliability or lack thereof of the internet.
The following site lists and claims side effects of Fumaderm and its prevalence with a simple chart. i would query the validity of the data but use this as a simple example that those suffering side effects with Faumaderm 10% of which result in death.
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The second site alludes to three cases with other factors.
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I am all for providing people with information and pointing out the need for caution with drugs. MTX may need particular attention however there would appear to be plenty of people taking it with little or no side effects. I offer this as a balance and would advocate anyone following meticulously the dosages stated by their consultant. One thing that does appear and I am beginning to find this myself is that many medical professionals are not specifically aware of the drug interactions of MTX and cannot quickly define what can and cannot be taken alongside it.
To this I can not offer any advice but I for one will avoid any other medication alongside my MTX.
I would actually suggest that some of the above posts, including this one may be removed as scaremongering and I find it a little frustrating that rather than simply disagreeing with something such as MTX people start throwing statistics that are poorly substantiated or indeed not substantiated at all such as the second link above relating to Fumaderm.
EDIT By Fred: Links Removed.
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Now I am no expert but this thread was a query about the booklet but many have jumped on the MTX bandwagon souting MTX causes death. So lets looks at Fumaderm and the reliability or lack thereof of the internet.
The following site lists and claims side effects of Fumaderm and its prevalence with a simple chart. i would query the validity of the data but use this as a simple example that those suffering side effects with Faumaderm 10% of which result in death.
LINK REMOVED
The second site alludes to three cases with other factors.
LINK REMOVED
I am all for providing people with information and pointing out the need for caution with drugs. MTX may need particular attention however there would appear to be plenty of people taking it with little or no side effects. I offer this as a balance and would advocate anyone following meticulously the dosages stated by their consultant. One thing that does appear and I am beginning to find this myself is that many medical professionals are not specifically aware of the drug interactions of MTX and cannot quickly define what can and cannot be taken alongside it.
To this I can not offer any advice but I for one will avoid any other medication alongside my MTX.
I would actually suggest that some of the above posts, including this one may be removed as scaremongering and I find it a little frustrating that rather than simply disagreeing with something such as MTX people start throwing statistics that are poorly substantiated or indeed not substantiated at all such as the second link above relating to Fumaderm.
EDIT By Fred: Links Removed.