How to Use methotrexate in a Sentence

methotrexate

noun
  • One of the pills, methotrexate, stopped cancer cells from copying their DNA.
    Jessica Stuart, STAT, 6 Nov. 2020
  • The note was tucked away in a file on methotrexate, a drug that can be used to end a pregnancy within the first seven weeks.
    Stephanie Russell-Kraft, Marie Claire, 13 June 2017
  • At a follow-up appointment three days later, Gharachedaghi learned the methotrexate hadn’t dissolved the sac at all.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Jacobs depends on the drug methotrexate to treat her rheumatoid arthritis.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2022
  • However, Mayo said that his reading of the law allows for the use of methotrexate to treat an ectopic pregnancy.
    Charlotte Huff, Dallas News, 11 May 2022
  • My husband comes home from work early to nurture me and reassure me everything will be OK. Cost: $8 for the methotrexate.
    refinery29.com, 30 Nov. 2020
  • The decision to remove methotrexate from her care plan made absolutely no sense to her.
    Jen Christensen, CNN, 22 July 2022
  • The standard treatment is to provide the drug methotrexate, which can terminate a pregnancy.
    Harris Meyer, Scientific American, 9 Aug. 2022
  • If you were treated with methotrexate, pay attention to any pain after the injection.
    Annie Sneed, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Like Malone-King, Becky Schwartz takes methotrexate for a chronic condition.
    Jen Christensen, CNN, 22 July 2022
  • In patients who took azathioprine or methotrexate, the levels of antibodies against the virus were even lower.
    Julie Washington, cleveland, 29 Apr. 2021
  • This drug was a precursor to methotrexate, a treatment which provided the first cures of a metastatic cancer in 1956 and is still commonly used today.
    The Economist, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Every week, Kendall Krick's father injects her with a chemotherapy drug called methotrexate.
    Richard Obert, azcentral, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Another chemotherapy drug also often used in children, methotrexate, has been in short supply since March, and is still hard to come by.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Instead of a green light indicating they could be picked up, a message popped up saying her methotrexate refill had been denied.
    María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Kristin Tevonian, who lives in suburban Illinois, faced a runaround when trying to refill her methotrexate script at Walgreens.
    Laura Weiss, The New Republic, 27 July 2022
  • Those patients represent about 2% of the 5 million Americans who take methotrexate.
    Sonja Sharpstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2022
  • However, two of your medicines, amiodarone and methotrexate, are both well-known for potentially causing lung disease.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The man was switched to another drug for inflammatory arthritis, called methotrexate.
    Rachael Rettner, Fox News, 19 Apr. 2018
  • These drugs, like methotrexate and sulfasalazine, are effective at treating peripheral joint pain—think knees or ankles.
    Health.com, 26 Jan. 2022
  • However, those patients represent about 2% of the 5 million Americans who take methotrexate, according to the L.A. Times.
    Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, PEOPLE.com, 12 July 2022
  • The standard of care for an ectopic pregnancy is to end it as soon as possible, either through surgery or by administering methotrexate, a drug that stops the cluster of fetal cells from further dividing.
    Wired, 7 Aug. 2022
  • Only 13 percent of those receiving methotrexate alone improved.
    Jill Neimark, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2013
  • Healthy individuals at low risk of imminent rupture may receive a gluteal injection of methotrexate.
    Amy Alspaugh, The Conversation, 7 June 2022
  • For years, Deborah Power, a rheumatologist in Tucson, had prescribed methotrexate to manage her 14-year-old patient’s rheumatoid arthritis.
    María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2022
  • If a woman is ready to become pregnant, the American Academy of Rheumatology recommends that methotrexate be stopped at least three months before conception.
    Dr. Erica Jalal, ABC News, 14 July 2022
  • Nevertheless, some doctors have already stopped prescribing methotrexate rather than risk falling afoul of antiabortion laws.
    Sonja Sharpstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2022
  • In the years prior to his death, Subbarow collaborated with Dr. Sidney Farber to develop methotrexate, the first effective chemotherapy against childhood leukemia.
    Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 5 June 2018
  • That caused significant backlash online from rheumatoid arthritis patients — there have been dozens across several states, Reuters reported — who are struggling to access methotrexate.
    Dallas News, 18 July 2022
  • Early ectopic pregnancy is often treated with a different drug, methotrexate.
    Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 7 July 2022

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