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Abstract
Methotrexate (MTX) concentrations in erythrocytes in 32 psoriatics treated weekly with MTX p.o. or i.m. have been studied. When treatment had been constant for at least 5 weeks, there was only small variation in erythrocyte MTX (ery-MTX) in the week between two courses of treatment. The ery-MTX was correlated with the weekly dose of MTX. For patients treated with MTX i.m. r = 0.87, and in patients given divided oral doses r was 0.68. There was no difference in ery-MTX between the two routes of administration. No correlation was observed between ery-MTX and the total MTX dose or the length of treatment. During constant MTX administration small variations in ery-MTX were observed. Small changes in the weekly dose of MTX resulted in marked changes in ery-MTX in 4 of the 5 patients studied.Entities:
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Year: 1986 PMID: 3743621 DOI: 10.1007/bf00607959
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Clin Pharmacol ISSN: 0031-6970 Impact factor: 2.953