methotrexate can cause abortions, too bad if you need it for arthritis

[Nittersing]

Link to tweet

"I take methotrexate to control my Rhumatoid. I was told today I could not be prescribed it any longer as I am viably fertile and it is a medication that can be used for abortion."

And I've further read that methotrexate is also used to treat lupus and cancer.

This twitter poster goes to (or did) a doc in SC.

[emulatorloo]

1. It treats my autoimmune disorder too. Boiling mad for this woman.

And yes can confirm it is used to treat some forms of cancer. I didn’t know about lupus.

Shame on this Trumper SCOTUS

[Nittersing]

2. I hadn't even thought about the trickle down effect of other meds being banned

All those drugs with a warning to not use if pregnant...

[regnaD kciN]

3. Women "of childbearing age" won't be allowed ibuprofen next...

[Tucker08087]

13. I take it for Lupus.

It’s considered a type of oral chemo. Not a fun drug. Makes me vomit (daily) and kills your white count, but it does help with late-stage Lupus. There is no “safe” treatments or a cure for Lupus. I’m not going to be happy if they take it away (like they did with hydroxychloroquine during the fake covid cure madness).

[roamer65]

4. She should move to where she can take it.

Fuck these Repuke scumbags.

[Nittersing]

6. She actually lives in NC, but right at the SC border.

And is, of course, looking for a new doc.

[leighbythesea2]

5. That thread

Will raise the blood pressure. This Dr "denying treatment based on belief" in SC.

[Cerridwen]

7. Cancer treatment

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Cancer diagnoses raise questions as well, Harris says. "There are some cancers that the hormones of pregnancy make grow and spread faster, and people will choose to end a pregnancy because of that or because the treatment that their oncologist is recommending would be toxic or potentially lethal to a developing baby," she says.

If abortion is not an option in their state, then must they carry their pregnancy to term and delay treatment? "That might mean their cancer is more serious and more widespread than early in the pregnancy, and so they may indeed have a higher risk of dying, but it's not a risk that's going to happen immediately – it might be a recurrence in months or years."

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More at link: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/06/24/1107316711/doctors-ethical-bind-abortion --- scroll down to paragraphs posted

[Rebl2]

8. You have

got to be kidding me. The doctor knows it is being used for RA! This is ridiculous. This has been used along with other drugs for 40 years at least in treating RA. I know because I have taken it for my RA since 1985. I am past menopause now, but this just makes me SO ANGRY🤬

[ProudMNDemocrat]

9. I take it for my eye disease.

Down to 15mg. a week from 25mg. I take it once a week with food, otherwise I get super nauseous.

I am wat past childbearing age. But I aware of it causing birth defects and miscarriages as well. It says do not take if pregnant or planning to c get pregnant.

[sinkingfeeling]

10. I took it for several years back in the early 1970s for psoriasis. It is

why I elected to have my abortion, on the advice of doctors, when my birth control failed.

It can also cause severe birth defects.

[Rebl2]

12. I know

my rheumatologist asked if I was on b.c. and also knew it could cause miscarriage.

[Demsrule86]

11. Can you travel to another state?