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Methotrexate overdose

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sharniemarsh
sharniemarsh

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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    kim46236 sharniemarsh

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    my  thoughts are with you,, this is such a terriable situation and thank you for making people aware, this drug is used for different illness, and people should use it with caution and under supervison of there doctor, or consultant, someone has made a grave error in the case of your mother. I am afraid although you dont wont anyone to be in trouble, someone has to be accountable, your mother dose was extremely high, and would have caused a certain amount of damage to her body. I have heard of people dying within weeks of taken the drug daily insted of weekly. thank you for making us aware of the dangers , love and hugs to your family. 
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