Monitoring for Serious Side Effects: Stay alert for severe side effects like lactic acidosis
In many experimental animal models, MTX has been found to increase serum urea and creatinine levels (Reference Moodi, Hosseini and Abedini16,Reference Tousson, Zaki and Abu-Shaeir50,Reference Jafaripour, Naserzadeh and Alizamani51) , but there are also studies showing that MTX reduces serum urea concentration (Reference Budancamanak, Kanter and Demirel52Reference Severin, Campagno and Brandoni54)
Dr Chris Bannon from the University of Cambridge, the study's first author, said: "This was a very exciting finding because it showed us that this hormone could be playing a big part in symptoms of this misunderstood condition
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