Re: Thanks for all the info RE:MTX shots....

[Guest guest]

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I am going to get my mtx shot in the morning and will past on the info. to

my RA doctor. Thank you so much for all your helpfulness.

Wanda

In a message dated 7/27/2006 6:50:48 A.M. Central Standard Time,

krandall@... writes:

Hi Wanda,

Even supposing that the injectable Mtx doesn't have preservatives

(which I doubt, considering the long " stale " date on it) and

considering that MAYBE that means that you shouldn't use the same vial

more than once, injectable Mtx is one of the cheapest drugs out

there. The full retail cost is LOWER than my insurance co-pay, so it

is the ONLY drug I've ever taken where there is no co-pay at all. At

this price, if I needed to throw out part of a vial each week, it

wouldn't bother me.

(later) I just went and pulled out my Mtx vials to look at them.

They _do_ contain a preservative. In case it is helpful in getting

your doc to find the right thing (though I suspect a call to the

pharmacy would do the same) the company that makes mine is:

Mayne Pharma (USA) Inc.

Paramus, NJ 07652

The vials contain 2 ml, at 25 mg/ml Mtx. That means you and the doc

need to do some math to calculate dose changes, but it's not a big

deal. I currently take .7ml weekly, which, if I'm remembering

correctly is 17.5 mg of Mtx.

> I asked her about MTX shot prescriptions with

> preservatives and she said in order to be able to reuse the vial of

medicine you must

> make sure it has preservatives otherwise you are setting yourself

up for a

> possible bacteria infection if you continue to use out of a bottle

without any

> preservatives which makes sense.

[Guest guest]

Glad to help! Lots of people here have helped me!

> > I asked her about MTX shot prescriptions with

> > preservatives and she said in order to be able to reuse the

vial of

> medicine you must

> > make sure it has preservatives otherwise you are setting

yourself

> up for a

> > possible bacteria infection if you continue to use out of a

bottle

> without any

> > preservatives which makes sense.

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