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Major adverse effects of methotrexate*

Major adverse effects of methotrexate*
Bone marrow toxicity
Neutropenia (most common, usually reversible)
Thrombocytopenia (dose related, usually reversible)
Anemia (rare)
Hepatic toxicity
Cirrhosis & fibrosis
Pulmonary toxicity
Opportunistic infections
PCP, CMV, herpes zoster, fungal, mycobacterial, etc
Noninfectious conditions
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Organizing pneumonia (previously called bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia or BOOP)
Acute lung injury (noncardiogenic pulmonary edema)
Pulmonary fibrosis
Asthma/hyperreactive airways disease
Pleuritis and/or pleural effusion
Miscellaneous
Oligospermia
Teratogenicity
Malignancy

CMV: cytomegalovirus; PCP: Pneumocystis pneumonia.

* Major adverse effects are defined as potentially life threatening (incidence <1%) or requiring withdrawal of treatment (incidence 3 to 15%).
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