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Clinical efficacy of split and intramuscular doses was superior to single oral dose&#44; but intramuscular administration lead to greater discomfort on patients&#46; In addition&#44; split doses group showed the lowest rates of gastrointestinal side effects&#44; with higher levels of alopecia&#46;</p><p id="par0040" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Pharmacokinetic studies demonstrate enhanced bioavailability of the drug with multiple dosing&#44; supporting the clinical superiority of divided doses compared to single oral dose&#46; Hoekstra et al&#46;&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0100"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a> compared blood samples of 10 rheumatoid arthritis patients with fluorescence polarization immunoassay technique who received a single oral dose of 25&#8211;35<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg MTX&#44; and after one week&#44; divided two or three doses every 8<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>h&#46; Bioavailability of split doses was 28&#37; significantly higher than single doses and similar to that of subcutaneous doses&#44; obtained from a previous study&#46; The authors concluded that when high-dose of MTX is needed&#44; the divided dose is an effective and comparable alternative to subcutaneous administration&#46;</p><p id="par0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">After demonstrating and bringing up the efficacy and safety of MTX split oral doses in patients with Psoriasis&#44; it is important to remember that there are limitations and drawbacks in their use&#44; mainly with delivery errors&#46; Because patients must take three weekly doses of 2&#46;5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg or 5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg&#44; and MTX tablets are mainly available at 2&#46;5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg and 10<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg in this region&#44; patients may accidentally fail in both&#58; reduncing or increasing the dose&#46; However&#44; 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Split doses of Methotrexate in patients with moderate to severe Psoriasis
Dosis divididas de metotrexato en pacientes con psoriasis moderada a severa
M.J.M. Rodríguez-Zúñigaa,b,
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, F. Cortez-Francoa, E. Qujiano-Gomeroa
a Servicio de Dermatología del Hospital Nacional Daniel Alcides Carrión, Callao, Peru
b Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
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further experience with divided doses of MTX has been carried out in rheumatologic patients&#44; but these are also limited&#46;</p><p id="par0025" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Weinstein and Frost<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0095"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a> first proposed the divided dose of MTX for Psoriasis in 1971&#46; They showed that small doses of 2&#46;5&#8211;7&#46;5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg of MTX given at intervals of 12<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>h for a total of three doses every week had an improvement from 75&#37; to 100&#37; in 26 patients with severe Psoriasis&#44; with minimal adverse effects &#40;nausea&#44; oral ulcers and hives&#41;&#46;</p><p id="par0030" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Chladek et al&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0075"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a> conducted a study that related the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of divided doses &#40;2&#46;5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg and 5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg three times a week&#41; and weekly full doses &#40;7&#46;5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg and 15<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg&#41; of MTX with the Psoriasis Area Severity Index of 41 patients with severe disease&#46; They concluded that split doses of MTX were associated with greater efficacy and lower risk of acute adverse effects during anti-psoriatic therapy&#46;</p><p id="par0035" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In the rheumatology field&#44; Dhaon et al&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0080"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6</span></a> randomly divided 135 patients with rheumatoid arthritis into three groups&#58; group 1 on split 7&#46;5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg doses of oral MTX two or three times weekly&#59; group 2 on single 15&#8211;22&#46;5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg of oral MTX weekly&#59; and group 3 on single intramuscular 15&#8211;22&#46;5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg dose of MTX weekly&#46; Clinical efficacy of split and intramuscular doses was superior to single oral dose&#44; but intramuscular administration lead to greater discomfort on patients&#46; In addition&#44; split doses group showed the lowest rates of gastrointestinal side effects&#44; with higher levels of alopecia&#46;</p><p id="par0040" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Pharmacokinetic studies demonstrate enhanced bioavailability of the drug with multiple dosing&#44; supporting the clinical superiority of divided doses compared to single oral dose&#46; Hoekstra et al&#46;&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0100"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a> compared blood samples of 10 rheumatoid arthritis patients with fluorescence polarization immunoassay technique who received a single oral dose of 25&#8211;35<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg MTX&#44; and after one week&#44; divided two or three doses every 8<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>h&#46; Bioavailability of split doses was 28&#37; significantly higher than single doses and similar to that of subcutaneous doses&#44; obtained from a previous study&#46; The authors concluded that when high-dose of MTX is needed&#44; the divided dose is an effective and comparable alternative to subcutaneous administration&#46;</p><p id="par0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">After demonstrating and bringing up the efficacy and safety of MTX split oral doses in patients with Psoriasis&#44; it is important to remember that there are limitations and drawbacks in their use&#44; mainly with delivery errors&#46; Because patients must take three weekly doses of 2&#46;5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg or 5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg&#44; and MTX tablets are mainly available at 2&#46;5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg and 10<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg in this region&#44; patients may accidentally fail in both&#58; reduncing or increasing the dose&#46; However&#44; in our experience this accident is very uncommon&#46;</p><p id="par0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In conclusion&#44; MTX remains as a first-line treatment for severe Psoriasis&#44; and accessible in many Latin American countries&#46; Enteral and parenteral weekly divided doses of MTX show similar efficacy and safety in several studies both in psoriatic and rheumatologic patients&#46; Therefore&#44; we should continue proposing low split oral doses in future guidelines and consensus&#44; in comparison to the single oral dose&#44; with the benefit of achieving greater adherence by reducing adverse effects&#44; taking into account their limitations&#46;</p><span id="sec0005" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0005">Conflict of interest</span><p id="par0055" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors declare no conflict of interest&#46;</p></span></span>"
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