Methotrexate for chronic chikungunya arthritis?

Methotrexate and chronic uveitis associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Methotrexate in psoriatic arthritis.

Methotrexate (MTX) is a folic acid analogue with antiproliferative and antiinflammatory effects. In the past several years, MTX has become the most commonly used agent in patients with severe, destructive psoriatic arthritis (PsA), with positive clinical results. Liver changes and serum enzyme level increases do not seem to be a major problem in PSA patients treated with MTX. In addition, PSA p...

Methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis.

A variety of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) are available to control the clinical activity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methotrexate (MTX), an analogue of folic acid and of aminopterin, is the most commonly used DMARD and is now prescribed worldwide to at least 500,000 patients with RA. The mechanism by which MTX used at a low dose modulates inflammation in RA is still unknown....

Liver Toxicity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated With Methotrexate

Background:Methotrexate (MTX) is one of the most commonly used disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) which can be associated with toxic effects on different organs. This study was designed to investigate the hepatotoxic effects in RA patients treated with MTX. Methods: In this cross-sectional observational study, RA patients who received standard d...

Post-Chikungunya Rheumatoid Arthritis, Saint Martin

ies against Em2G11 have shown excellent properties for distinguishing between cystic and alveolar echinococcosis. Although reported to not cross-react with purified laminated layer fractions from in vitro–kept E. vogeli (10), antibodies against Em2G11 exhibited an unusual and possibly discriminatory staining pattern when applied to the E. vogeli lesion from the patient reported here. Antibodies...