Guest guest Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 I'm about to start treatment with Methotrexate and initially my rheum also prescribed folic acid tablets daily, which she said would lessen the side effects of MTX. Later, however, I came across information on Leucovorin, which is folinic acid, a faster acting and stronger form of folic acid. Supposedly it's better than folic acid when used in conjunction with MTX because its bioavailability is higher. My rheum said I could use Leucovorin if I preferred. The tablet is taken only once per week, 18-24 hours after the MTX injection. So now I'm confused. For those of you on MTX injections, which one do you take? I also wanted to use single-dose vials of MTX in order to avoid the preservative (benzyl alcohol) in the multi-dose vials, but my pharmacy tells me they can't get the single-dose vials. [sigh] Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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