Source: Urology  |  Posted 9 years ago

Oral methotrexate can be used successfully to treat ectopic pregnancy, however, there are few advantages in recommending the oral versus the intramuscular form, a study in the United States has found.

Gary H. Lipscomb, MD, and colleagues from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, evaluated use of oral methotrexate tablets in women with ectopic pregnancy.

Twenty two women with a diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy were given the option of receiving methotrexate orally in tablet form rather than by intramuscular injection.

The oral methotrexate was given in two divided doses two hours apart at a dose of 60 mg/m