Re: Re: Methotrexate & Folic Acid

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That's probably a Greek letter mu that looks a lot like a u with a vertical line on the left. It means microgram also abbreviated mcg. I take 1,000 mcg daily. Thanks for the clarification. God bless.

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From: annette2ca

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 6:03 PM

Subject: Re: Methotrexate & Folic Acid

Here's the answer Harold. There is a little symbol in the original article in between 400 and the G for grams. It did not come through when I cut and pasted. I am taking 1 mg a day also with my Mtx and find that it helps.The article is from The Joint and Bone newsletter.AnnetteIn Rheumatoid Arthritis , "Harold Van Tuyl" <hvantuyl@c...> wrote:> I think this is a very interesting article but I was confused by one sentence. "While this would be an effective means to receive folate, most people do not consume the necessary 400 g through diet alone." Over what time period do people consume 400 g of folate? I take Methotrexate weekly and 1 mg Folic Acid daily. It would take almost three years to get up to 1 g. Something is wrong and it does make me wonder about the rest of the article.> > I have heard that Folic Acid reduces the effectiveness of Methotrexate a little and the dose of Methotrexate takes this into account to get the desired effect. Lots of people say that Folic Acid greatly reduces the adverse side effects of Methotrexate. God bless.> > > > > >