Journals / Türk Dermatoloji Dergisi / 2008 / Cilt: 2 - Sayı: 2

Is folic acid supplementation necessary for patients treated with methotrexate?

Metotreksat verilen psoriazis vulgaris hastalarına folik asit desteği gerekli mi?

Pages
39–42
Publication Date
2022-11-05
DOI
—
🏛️Bibliographic metadata and full text access for this article are provided via DergiPark.
DergiPark Record ↗
✨

AI Summary & Key Takeaways

AI Insight
⚡ TL;DR(Too Long; Didn't Read)

Mucocutaneous, hematologic and systemic side effects were found to be statistically significant in the non-folic acid group (p

📌 3 Key Takeaways

🎯
Objective & Hypothesis:Objective: The present open, controlled and randomized study aims to determine whether adding folic acid in the methotrexate treatment would reduce the side effects of methotrexate and its effect on psoriasis.
📊
Key Findings & Data:All patients received 15-22.5 mg/week/po methotrexate, every 12 hours in 3 divided doses.
💡
Conclusion & Impact:Mucocutaneous, hematologic and systemic side effects were found to be statistically significant in the non-folic acid group (p
🔬Design:Research Article
📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:Domain Parameters

Abstract

Objective: The present open, controlled and randomized study aims to determine whether adding folic acid in the methotrexate treatment would reduce the side effects of methotrexate and its effect on psoriasis. Methods: Forty-two patients with psoriasis vulgaris were included in the study. All patients received 15-22.5 mg/week/po methotrexate, every 12 hours in 3 divided doses. Folic acid was given as 5 mg/day for the remaining 5 days of the week to the patients randomly allocated in the FA group. All patients were examined for clinical response and side effects, every 2 weeks. Clinical efficacy was evaluated by PASI. Results: No significant difference was found between the folic acid group and the group given no folic acid in terms of methotrexate efficacy (p=0.886 at baseline, p=0.668 at 8 weeks). Side effects were detected in 26 (79%) patients completed the study. Mucocutaneous, hematologic and systemic side effects were found to be statistically significant in the non-folic acid group (p

Özet

Amaç: Bu çalışma, metotreksat tedavisine folik asit eklenmesinin, metotreksata bağlı gelişebilen yan etkilerin sıklığını ve metotreksatın psoriazisteki etkinliğini azaltıp azaltmayacağını değerlendirmek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Yöntem: Açık, kontrollü ve rastgele olarak planlanan çalışmaya, sistemik metotreksat tedavisine uygun, psoriazis vulgaris tanılı 42 hasta alındı. Tüm hastalara, 12 saat arayla 3 bölünmüş dozda toplam 15-22,5 mg/hafta oral metotreksat verildi. Rastgele olarak folik asit grubuna alınan hastalara tedavi dışındaki 5 günde 5 mg/gün folik asit desteği verildi. Hastalar 2 haftalık aralarla ayrıntılı olarak yan etki ve klinik yanıt açısından kontrol edildi. Klinik etkinliğin değerlendirmesi PASI ile yapıldı. Bulgular: Folik asit alan ve almayan hastaların tedaviye verdikleri yanıtlar arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir farklılık saptanmadı (Başlangıçta p=0.886, 8. haftada p=0.668). Çalışmayı tamamlayan 33 hastanın 26’sında (%79) metotreksat kullanımına bağlı yan etki gelişti. Folik asit almayan grupta, deri-mukoza, hematolojik ve sistemik yan etkiler folik asit desteği alan gruba göre anlamlı derecede yüksek bulundu (sırasıyla p

🔖

Cite This Article

YILMAZ, E., AKMAN, A., PINARBAŞI, A., BAŞARAN, E. (2022). Is folic acid supplementation necessary for patients treated with methotrexate?. Türk Dermatoloji Dergisi, Cilt: 2 - Sayı: 2, 39–42. https://ajindex.com/articles/621639

📄 Full Text PDF Viewer

📄

PDF görüntüleyici hazırlanıyor...

References (7)

  1. Said S, Jeffes E, Weinstein GD. Methotrexate. Clin Dermatol 1997;15:781-97
  2. Morgan SL. Supplementation with folic acid during methotrexate therapy for rheumatoid arthritis: A double blind placebo controlled trial. Ann Intern Med 1994;121:833-41
  3. Whittle SL, Hughes RA. Folate supplementation and methotrexate treatment in rheumatoid arthritis: a review. Rheumatology 2004;43:267-71
  4. Duhra P. Treatment of gastrointestinal symptoms associated with methotrexate therapy for psoriasis. J Am Acad Dermatol 1993;28:466-9
  5. Salim A, Tan E, Ilchyshyn A, Berth-Jones J. Folic acid supplementation during treatment of psoriasis with methotrexate: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Br J Dermatol 2006;154:1169-74
  6. Fredriksson T, Pettersson U. Severe psoriasis-oral therapy with a new retinoid. Dermatologica 1978;157:238-44
  7. Grim J, Chladek J, Martinkova J. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of methotrexate in non-neoplastic diseases. Clin Pharmacokinet 2003;42:139-51.