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Methotrexate

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Although surprising, it seems fitting that a drug developed at the dawn of the era of rational drug design and therapeutics, methotrexate, should remain in common use for the therapy of so many different kinds of illnesses. Moreover, methotrexate has completely revolutionized the way in which medicine is practiced in a number of speciality areas. First developed to treat malignancies, methotrexate is now commonly used to treat gynecological problems, inflammatory arthritis, skin disease and probably other ailments as well. This work is designed to give a broad overview of the history of methotrexate's development, its prior use and its current therapeutic uses. As discussed in Chapter I, aminopterin and methotrexate were designed to inhibit mammalian folate metabolism but the concept of folic acid antag onism was soon applied to the development of antibacterial and anti parasitic agents. Trimethoprim and sulfa drugs were among the first antibiotics developed and they also remain quite useful today for the treat ment of a variety of infections.

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Methotrexate: historical aspects.- Methotrexate, its mechanisms of action in malignant disease and mechanisms of resistance by malignant cells.- Current use of methotrexate in the treatment of malignancies in adults.- The use of methotrexate in the treatment of childhood malignancies.- The mechanisms of methotrexate's action in the treatment of inflammatory disease.- Methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis.- Use of methotrexate in the treatment of psoriasis and other dermatological disorders.- The use of methotrexate in gynecological practice.

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Assisted by Joseph R. Bertino (Editor), Bruce Cronstein (Editor), Bruce N. Cronstein (Editor), Bruc N Cronstein (Editor), Bruce N Cronstein (Editor), R Bertino (Editor), R Bertino (Editor)
Publisher Springer, Basel
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 26.07.2013
 
EAN 9783034895736
ISBN 978-3-0-3489573-6
No. of pages 139
Dimensions 158 mm x 12 mm x 237 mm
Weight 242 g
Illustrations IX, 139 p.
Series Milestones in Drug Therapy
Milestones in Drug Therapy
Subject Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General

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