About your treatment Your doctor has ordered the drug trimetrexate to help treat your illness.The drug can be given by injection into a vein.
This medication is used to treat:
infections caused by the bacteria Pneumocystis carinii in patients that do not have a fully functioning immune system
This medication is sometimes prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.
Trimetrexate resembles a normal nutrient needed for cell growth.The Pneumocystis bacteria and cancer cells take in trimetrexate, which then interferes with their growth.You also will be given the drug leucovorin with each trimetrexate treatment.Leucovorin replaces the same needed nutrient in normal cells.Pneumocystis bacteria and cancer cells cannot use leucovorin.Take leucovorin exactly as prescribed by your doctor.
Other names
NeutrexinВ
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