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MD, MPH

How do you give folic acid with methotrexate?

Psoriasis

You. There are two ways in which you can give folic acid for patients who are on methotrexate. I used to give 1 folic acid on the days, every day of the week, except for the day that they are getting methotrexate. And I actually have changed my practice for that over time because studies have shown that you can also do this other method where you can give five milligram of folic acid to be taken the day after they get their methotrexate. So now this is what I do, because it's a bit easier for patients just to take the five milligram of folic acid in one day of the week, and that day is a day after they take the methotrexate. And it's just a bit easier for them to number.