Methotrexate
immunosuppressant / antimetabolite
Third-party optionWhat this medicine is for
Methotrexate is a medicine in the category "immunosuppressant / antimetabolite". This medicine modulates or slows the immune system, in an autoimmune disease or after a transplant; it requires close monitoring.
For Methotrexate, in practice: Treats certain autoimmune inflammatory diseases and certain cancers. It is most often a long-term treatment, taken at set times over long periods; its benefit is judged over time, not by how you feel on a given day.
Under which brands it is found
In France, about 13 reimbursable presentations containing Methotrexate are recorded. It is found under several brand names and as generics.
- Imeth
- Izixate
- Methotrexate Accord
- Methotrexate Teva
- Methotrexate Viatris
- Metoject
- Metotab
- Nordimet
- Imenor
- and other presentations
Original brand-name products and generics deliver the same active substance; the choice between them is made with your doctor or pharmacist.
Supplements to consider
None of our references matches Methotrexate. Only one single-ingredient supplement is worth mentioning, as guidance.
Folates (vitamine B9)
Folate (vitamin B9) is a water-soluble vitamin. The active form 5-MTHF (5-methyltetrahydrofolate) is directly usable, unlike folic acid, which must be converted by the body.
Preferred form 5-MTHF (methylfolate) rather than folic acid
Further reading
The literature on the nutrient
- Folate, folic acid and 5-methyltetrahydrofolate are not the same thing
- Active Folate Versus Folic Acid: The Role of 5-MTHF (Methylfolate) in Human Health
These studies concern the nutrient itself, its role, its forms, its bioavailability. They do not concern this medicine and assert no link between it and a nutrient requirement.
Talk about it in the community
Others are on the same treatment and share their daily life: what they feel, their questions, the little routines they set up. You read lived experience here, not recommendations.
Related molecules
To explore in the « Pain and inflammation » family and its neighbours.
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