Guest guest Posted April 20, 2002 Report Share Posted April 20, 2002 Hi: Although Mickey has been on methotrexate for more than 3 years, and although I'm sure I'd read all the info on the drug sheet before now, for some reason I went searching again tonight, reading more. I found a web page that was called " A Family Physicians Guide to Monitoring Methotrexate " . It was on the website for the American Academy of Family Physicians. On one part of it, it listed issues the doctor should go over with the family when they make the decision to start using MTX. The last part of this read " Warn patients about the potential development of malignancy, specifically lymphoma. " So of course I looked up lymphoma (even though I kind of knew it meant cancer). I'm just a little confused. I do know that mtx is a cancer treatment chemotherapy drug... in higher doses than is used for treating arthritis, of course. But why would use of mtx seem to be listed as a risk factor for DEVELOPING cancer when used as an arthritis drug? Does anyone have any ideas about this? Am I just mis-interpreting? the whole page can be found at www.aafp.org/afp/20001001/1607.html Feeling a little paranoid lately... seems like the more I read, the more I find all of this is like a dog chasing its tail... nobody knows what causes this, genetic predisposition, environmental triggers, bacterial infections... and all these phrases keep popping up related to so many other diseases, and all of them mention how much more prevalent it is than it used to be. Am I the only one who worries about what pollution is doing to our planet and our children? No, I know I'm not. Just overtired right now and " awfulizing " . Not a good thing, and pointless to agonize over. I shouldn't get started on wondering about why the chase for the almighty profit line and dividend payouts should blind corporations to the fact that so far, no one has found another habitable planet - do those people not have children or grandchildren? If they're smart enough to run multinational corporations, can they not see what is happening to us, our planet, our children, because of pollution? Okay, I'm getting off my soapbox now... Lynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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