Glucarpidase should soon be approved throughout Europe to treat methotrexate toxicity. The European Medicine Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recently recommended the ...

Medically reviewed by Scott Zashin, MD Key Takeaways People taking methotrexate should avoid alcohol because it can increase the risk of liver damage.Some NSAIDs like aspirin should not be taken with ...

Patients with methotrexate-associated acute kidney injury (AKI) had better odds of kidney recovery when treated with glucarpidase (Voraxaze), researchers found. Treatment with glucarpidase was ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who received glucarpidase for acute kidney injury from methotrexate treatment had improved kidney ...

A new model can predict which patients are more likely to experience side effects from long-term methotrexate (MTX) use, research suggests. Patients with a lower risk profile may benefit from less ...

Allogeneic stem cell transplantation for patients over age 65 with acute myelogenous leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome. BCR-ABL kinase domain mutations and resistance in Ph+ acute lymphoblastic ...

An FDA-approved medication called glucarpidase could serve as an antidote to kidney toxicity in patients receiving the chemotherapy drug methotrexate (MTX), according to a new study by investigators ...

A prospective trial of prophylaxis and treatment (P+T) of acute tumor lysis syndrome (ATLS) with rasburicase (R) and nonalkaline hydration in children and adolescents (C+A) with intermediate- (Group B ...

The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) has issued new guidelines on the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, addressing questions about initial treatment with methotrexate and minimizing reliance on ...