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Mercaptopurine and Methotrexate: Minor Interaction - Drugvu

🏠›Mercaptopurine›Interaction with Methotrexate

Mercaptopurine + Methotrexate

Drug interaction

Minor interaction

A minor drug-drug interaction between Mercaptopurine and Methotrexate is recorded in public interaction data. Severity reflects the source classification; it does not describe your individual risk. Do not start, stop, or change either medicine based on this page.

What “minor” means

A minor interaction is usually of limited importance for most people, though it is still worth being aware of.

What to do

Usually no change is needed - but ask your pharmacist if you notice anything unusual.

Side effects reported for both

Mercaptopurine and Methotrexate are each reported to cause the effects below. Taking them together can make these more likely or more pronounced - one of the ways a drug interaction matters.

PneumoniaPyrexiaHeadacheVomiting

Compiled from public adverse-event reports; an overlap, not a confirmed causal mechanism.

The two medicines

Active ingredient

Mercaptopurine

Purine Analogues

Uses, side effects, dosage →· 256 recorded interactions

Active ingredient

Methotrexate

Folic Acid Analogues

Uses, side effects, dosage →· 702 recorded interactions

Source

DDInter 2.0 (CC-BY 4.0, https://ddinter.scbdd.com)

This is not medical advice. Drugvu is an independent aggregator of public records.