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Read drug prescription

It is very important to know about what medicine is given by the doctor, for what condition, and when it needs to be taken in what dose. This information given by the doctor is called Prescription. The patients should be familiar with the medicine prescription, and the details about the medicine before purchasing it and using it. Some medications need not be prescribed by healthcare practitioners and can be purchased and used without prescription by the patients; these are called over-the-counter medications. Read the drug prescription information of Emthexate before taking it.

What is Emthexate

Emthexate interferes with the growth of certain cells of the body, especially cells that reproduce quickly, such as cancer cells, bone marrow cells, and skin cells.
Emthexate is used to treat certain types of cancer of the breast, skin, head and neck, or lung. Emthexate is also used to treat severe psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Emthexate is usually given after other medications have been tried without successful treatment of symptoms.
Emthexate may also be used for purposes not listed in Emthexate guide.

Emthexate side effects

Get emergency medical help if you have signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Stop using Emthexate and call your doctor at once if you have:

Older adults may be more likely to have side effects from this medicine.
Common side effects may include:

This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
See also: Side effects (in more detail)
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Emthexate dosing

Usual Adult Dose for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia:

Induction: 3.3 mg/m2/day orally or IM.
Maintenance (during remission): 15 mg/m2 IM or orally twice a week.
Alternate remission dosing: 2.5 mg/kg IV every 14 days.

Usual Adult Dose for Choriocarcinoma:

15 to 30 mg IM or orally daily for 5 days. Repeat courses 3 to 5 times with a rest period of greater than or equal to 1 week between courses, until any manifesting toxic symptoms subside.
Effectiveness of therapy is ordinarily evaluated by 24 hour quantitative analysis of urinary chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), which generally will return to normal or less than 50 intl units/24 hours usually after the third or fourth course and usually followed by a complete resolution of measurable lesions in 4 to 6 weeks. One to two courses of Emthexate after normalization of hCG is usually recommended.

Usual Adult Dose for Trophoblastic Disease:

15 to 30 mg IM or orally daily for 5 days. Repeat courses 3 to 5 times with a rest period of greater than or equal to 1 week between courses, until any manifesting toxic symptoms subside.
Effectiveness of therapy is ordinarily evaluated by 24 hour quantitative analysis of urinary chorionic gonadotropin, which generally will return to normal or less than 50 intl units/24 hours usually after the third or fourth course and usually followed by a complete resolution of measurable lesions in 4 to 6 weeks. One to two courses of Emthexate after normalization of hCG is usually recommended.

Usual Adult Dose for Lymphoma:

For Burkitt's tumor in Stages I-II: 10 to 25 mg orally once a day for 4 to 8 days
Malignant lymphoma in Stage III: 0.625 to 2.5 mg/kg orally daily as a part of combination chemotherapy.
Treatment in all stages usually consists of several courses of the drug interposed with 7 to 10 day rest periods.

Usual Adult Dose for Meningeal Leukemia:

12 mg/m2 intrathecally every 2 to 5 days until the cell count of the CSF returns to normal. At this point, one additional dose is advisable. Administration at intervals of less than 1 week may result in increased subacute toxicity.

Usual Adult Dose for Mycosis Fungoides:

2.5 to 10 mg PO daily or 50 mg IM once a week or 25 mg IM twice a week.

Usual Adult Dose for Osteosarcoma:

Initial Dose: 12 g/m2 intravenously as a 4 hour infusion. If this dose is not adequate to achieve a peak serum concentration of 1000 micromolar at the end of the infusion, the dose may be increased to 15 g/m2.
Treatments may occur at 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 15, 16, 29, 30, 44, and 45 weeks after surgery.
If the patient is vomiting or unable to tolerate oral medication, leucovorin should be added to this regimen at the same dose and schedule as the Emthexate.

Usual Adult Dose for Psoriasis:

Single Dose: 10 to 25 mg/week orally, subcutaneously, IM, or IV until adequate response is achieved.
Divided Dose: 2.5 mg orally, IM, or IV every 12 hours for 3 doses once a week.
Maximum weekly dose: 30 mg.

Usual Adult Dose for Rheumatoid Arthritis:

Single dose: 7.5 mg orally weekly.
Divided dose: 2.5 mg orally every 12 hours for 3 doses once a week.
Maximum weekly dose: 20 mg
Patients may be switched from oral Emthexate to weekly subcutaneous injections taking into account the increased bioavailability relative to the oral formulation.

Usual Adult Dose for Neoplastic Diseases:

I.V.: Range is wide from 30-40 mg/m2/week to 100-12,000 mg/m2 with leucovorin rescue

Usual Pediatric Dose for Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia:

100 mg/m2 over 1 hour followed by a 35 hour infusion delivering 900 mg/m2/day.

Usual Pediatric Dose for Dermatomyositis:

15 to 20 mg/m2 orally once weekly.

Usual Pediatric Dose for Meningeal Leukemia:

less than 4 months: 3 mg/dose intrathecally.
greater than or equal to 4 months less than 1 year: 6 mg/dose intrathecally.
greater than or equal to 1 year less than 2 years: 8 mg/dose intrathecally.
greater than or equal to 2 years less than 3 years: 10 mg/dose intrathecally.
greater than or equal to 3 years: 12 mg/dose intrathecally.
The dose may be administered every 2 to 5 days until CSF counts return to normal followed by a dose administered once weekly for 2 weeks and monthly thereafter. Administration at intervals of less than 1 week may result in increased subacute toxicity.

Usual Pediatric Dose for Neoplastic Diseases:

7.5 to 30 mg/m2 IM or orally every 2 weeks.
Alternate dosing: 10 to 18,000 mg/m2 IV bolus or continuous infusion over 6 to 42 hours.

Usual Pediatric Dose for Rheumatoid Arthritis:

5 to 15 mg/m2 IM or orally once weekly.
Subcutaneous injection for Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: 10 mg/m2 subcutaneously once weekly.

Usual Pediatric Dose for Solid Tumors:

less than 12 years: 12000 mg/m2 IV.
greater than or equal to 12 years: 8000 mg/m2 IV.
Maximum dose: 18 grams.

Select the most affordable brand or generic drug

Generic drug is the basic drug with an active substance in it, and the name of the generic drug is same as active substance most of the times. Like Acetaminophen/Paracetemol is Generic name and it has different brand names like Tylenol, Acimol, Crocin, Calpol etc. All these Brand names contain the same Paracetemol, but the medications are manufactured by different companies, so the different brand names. Generic drug is always cheaper and affordable, and it can be replaced in place of brand name drug prescribed by the healthcare practitioner. The Generic medicine has same properties as branded medicine in terms of uses, indications, doses, side effects, so no need to worry on that. Just select the most affordable generic or branded medicine.

StrengthQuantityPrice, USDCountry
FOLITRAX inj 25 mg x 1 mL x 2ml $1.47IPCA
Folitrax 7.5mg TAB / 10 $1.65
Folitrax 10mg TAB / 10 $2.10
Folitrax 15mg TAB / 10 $2.66
FOLITRAX inj 7.5 mg x 1 mL x 1ml $0.31IPCA
15 mg x 1 mL x 1ml $0.44
Folitrax 2.5mg Tablet $0.06Ipca Laboratories Ltd
Folitrax 2.5mg TAB / 10 $0.63
FOLITRAX tab 2.5 mg x 10's $0.71IPCA
5 mg x 10's $1.11
FOLITRAX 5 MG TABLET 1 strip(s) (10 tablets each) $1.21Ipca Laboratories Ltd
Merex 1g VIAL / 10ml $14.04
500 mg x 5ml $7.42
MEREX inj 50 mg x 2ml $0.78Intas
2 .5mg10 Tablet$0.34
Onotrex 2.5 mg Tablet $0.03
2 .5 mg x 10's $0.34
ONOTREX tab 2.5 mg x 10's $0.34Sun (Spectra)
50 mg x 5ml $0.69
ONOTREX inj 50 mg x 5ml $0.69Sun (Spectra)
Onotrex 50 mg Injection $0.14
15 mg2 ml$0.76
REMTREX tab 2.5 mg x 10's $0.47Alkem (Cytomed)
REMTREX 15MG INJECTION 1 vial(s) (3 ML injection each) $0.91Alkem Laboratories Ltd
REMTREX 50MG INJECTION 1 vial(s) (2 ML injection each) $1.03Alkem Laboratories Ltd
2 .5mg10 Tablet$0.21
Trixilem 2.5 mg Tablet $0.02
2 .5 mg x 10's $0.21
Trixilem 2.5mg TAB / 10 $0.21
TRIXILEM tab 2.5 mg x 10's $0.21Elder
Trixilem 50 mg Injection $0.66
VIBZI 5 MG TABLET 1 strip(s) (10 tablets each) $0.94Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd
VIBZI tab 7.5 mg x 10's $1.26Cadila (Vibra)
10 mg100 $112.64Barbados, Canada, NZ, UK
10 mg100 $147.02Canada, UK
2 .5mg10 $0.24
2 .5mg30 $18.78USA
2 .5mg90 $61.40USA
2 .5mg100 $49.00Australia, Canada, Mauritius, NZ, Singapore, Turkey, UK, USA
2 .5mg100 $58.00Australia, Canada, Mauritius, NZ, Singapore, Turkey, UK, USA
2 .5mg100 $58.58Australia, Canada, India, Mauritius, NZ, Turkey, UK, USA
2 .5mg100 $68.00Barbados, Canada, NZ, UK
250 mg/10100 $126.44USA
25 mg/ml1 $95.00Canada, Mauritius, NZ, Singapore, Turkey, UK, USA
50 mg/2ml100 $220.60USA
Rheumatrex 2.5 mg tablet $11.23
Rheumatrex 8 2.5 mg tablet Disp Pack $169.98
Methotrexate Sodium 25 mg/ml (pf) Solution 10ml Vial $24.99
Methotrexate Sodium 25 mg/ml (pf) Solution 40ml Vial $58.99
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References

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Emthexate - Frequently asked Questions

Can Emthexate be stopped immediately or do I have to stop the consumption gradually to ween off?

In some cases, it always advisable to stop the intake of some medicines gradually because of the rebound effect of the medicine.

It's wise to get in touch with your doctor as a professional advice is needed in this case regarding your health, medications and further recommendation to give you a stable health condition.

Who should not take Emthexate?

You should not use this medicine if you are allergic to Emthexate. Do not use Emthexate to treat psoriasis or rheumatoid arthritis if you have:

Emthexate is sometimes used to treat cancer even when patients do have one of the conditions listed above. Your doctor will decide if this treatment is right for you.

To make sure Emthexate is safe for you, tell your doctor if you have:

Emthexate can cause birth defects in an unborn baby. Do not use Emthexate to treat psoriasis or rheumatoid arthritis if you are pregnant. Tell your doctor right away if you become pregnant during treatment.

You may need to have a negative pregnancy test before starting this treatment.

Use birth control to prevent pregnancy while you are using Emthexate, whether you are a man or a woman. Emthexate use by either parent may cause birth defects.

If you are a man, use a condom to keep from causing a pregnancy while you are using Emthexate. Continue using condoms for at least 90 days after your treatment ends.

If you are a woman, use an effective form of birth control while you are taking Emthexate, and for at least one cycle of ovulation after your treatment ends.

Do not give this medicine to a child without the advice of a doctor.

What other drugs will affect Emthexate?

Many drugs can interact with Emthexate. Not all possible interactions are listed here. Tell your doctor about all your medications and any you start or stop using during treatment with Emthexate, especially:

This list is not complete and many other drugs can interact with Emthexate. This includes prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal products. Give a list of all your medicines to any healthcare provider who treats you.

How should I take Emthexate?

Follow all directions on your prescription label. Do not take this medicine in larger or smaller amounts or for longer than recommended.

You must use the correct dose of Emthexate for your condition. Emthexate is sometimes taken once or twice per week and not every day. Follow the directions on your prescription label. Some people have died after taking Emthexate every day by accident. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you have questions about your dose of Emthexate or how often to take it.

Use Emthexate regularly to get the most benefit. Get your prescription refilled before you run out of medicine completely.

Emthexate can lower blood cells that help your body fight infections and help your blood to clot. Your blood will need to be tested often, and you may need an occasional liver biopsy. Your cancer treatments may be delayed based on the results of these tests.

Store at room temperature away from moisture and heat.

Can Emthexate be taken or consumed while pregnant?

Please visit your doctor for a recommendation as such case requires special attention.

Can Emthexate be taken for nursing mothers or during breastfeeding?

Kindly explain your state and condition to your doctor and seek medical advice from an expert.

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Reviews

Following the study conducted by gmedication.com on Emthexate, the result is highlighted below. However, it must be clearly stated that the survey and result is based solely on the perception and impression of visitors and users of the website as well as consumers of Emthexate. We, therefore, urge readers not to base their medical judgment strictly on the result of this study but on test/diagnosis duly conducted by a certified medical practitioners or physician.

Patient reports

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Based on the survey reports from users of gmedication.com, about Not useful percentage of users claimed the Emthexate were useful to them in reducing their symptoms and diseases. However, the effectiveness of the medicine is influenced by many factors like the perception of the symptom, the severity of the conditions, and some other factors; the brand name could also be a factor to an extent. In the event the medicine does not produce the same effective result in your case, ensure you consult your medical expert to reexamine you on your disease or symptoms and prescribe, after that, alternative medications.
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The information was verified by Dr. Vishal Pawar, MD Pharmacology