Methotrexate overdose
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Hi,
Just wondering if anyone has information on methotrexate poisioning. My mum has recently passed away and a few months ago, we found out that her prescribed amount of methotrexate had been changed from 2.5mg tablets to 10mg tablets without anyone picking this up. She was told to take 4 of these per week (so instead of 10mg, she was taking 40mg), this went on for 2 years then most recenly in September it was upped again to 6 pills (60mg) and this went on for 3 weeks at this very high dose until she was in a terrible condition and it was picked up that she had been swapped to the 10mg tablets over 2 years ago. My mum was on this medication for her rhemotoid arthertis but in the last month, it was picked up she had lung cancer which had travelled into her spine. She died last week (less than 2 weeks after diagnonis of cancer) and she feels in her heart she got these cancers from so much methotrexate in her system. My mum was a very strong lady and died a week before her 60th birthday and is not one to give up easy.. I just wonder if anyone else has had a similar experience or if anyone else has any information on this. I would hate for this to happen to anyone else so I want to make sure that everyone who is on this drug is aware of the amount they are taking
Thanks
Sharnie
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