methotrexate have an affect on a pregnancy test

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hi there.... I have a friend who is on remicade and the drug methotrexate, because she has junior Rhematory arthritis... she is two months late for her period and she has never been that late before... she took a home pregnancy test and it was negative. could remicade or the methotrexate have any affect on a home pregnancy test. (or her menstral cycle?)

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Carifairy · Veteran Joined: 16 Apr 2006 Posts: 2727

Methotrexate is used in abortion procedures, it causes a fetus to die in utero, so it would be unlikely that she could be pregnant, but not impossible.

It would not affect a pregnancy test, if she was pregnant it should show up.

Methotrexate is also used to help remove ectopic pregnancies without surgery.

methotrexate have an affect on a pregnancy test

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