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Methotrexate
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Dermatology
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General Dermatology
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Primary Care
What is your approach to starting and monitoring methotrexate in elderly patients?
Answer from: at Community Practice
For the elderly, I start 10 mg weekly and get CBC/CMP at 2 weeks followed by monthly x3 then q3 months indefinitely.
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