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Leucovorin
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INDICATIONS
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- Prophylaxis for drug-induced bone marrow toxicity (e.g methotrexate, pyrimethamine, or trimethoprim)
- Antidote to the toxic effects of folic acid antagonists such as methotrexate, pyrimethamine, and trimethoprim.
- Megaloblastic anemias associated with sprue, nutritional deficiency, pregnancy, and infancy when oral folic acid therapy cannot be given.
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INDICATIONS
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FDA
- Prophylaxis for drug-induced bone marrow toxicity (e.g methotrexate, pyrimethamine, or trimethoprim)
- Antidote to the toxic effects of folic acid antagonists such as methotrexate, pyrimethamine, and trimethoprim.
- Megaloblastic anemias associated with sprue, nutritional deficiency, pregnancy, and infancy when oral folic acid therapy cannot be given.
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Last updated: October 4, 2017
Citation
Smith, Janessa, and Paul A Pham. "Leucovorin." Johns Hopkins HIV Guide, 2017. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545119/0.0/Leucovorin.
Smith J, Pham PA. Leucovorin. Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. 2017. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545119/0.0/Leucovorin. Accessed March 26, 2023.
Smith, J., & Pham, P. A. (2017). Leucovorin. In Johns Hopkins HIV Guide https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545119/0.0/Leucovorin
Smith J, Pham PA. Leucovorin [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. ; 2017. [cited 2023 March 26]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545119/0.0/Leucovorin.
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