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Category
- Antianemic
- Antidote, to folic acid antagonists
- Antineoplastic adjunct
Description
- used as an antidote to the harmful effects of methotrexate
- also to prevent or treat certain kinds of anemia.
- acts the same way in the body as folic acid
- also used along with fluorouracil (a
cancer medicine) to treat cancer
of the colon
Side Effects
- usually does not cause any side effects.
- Rare
- Skin rash,
- hives, or
- itching; wheezing
- Rare-reported with use in treatment of cancer
Off-label Uses
- Ewing's sarcoma (type of cancer found in the bone)
- Gestational trophoblastic tumors (tumors in the uterus or womb)
- Head and neck cancer
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (cancer of the lymph system)
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