Methotrexate

An anticancer drug used to treat lymphoma (cancer of the lymph nodes) and some forms of leukaemia. Methotrexate is also used to treat cancers of the uterus, breast, ovary, lung, bladder, and testis, and severe psoriasis when other treatments are ineffective. Methotrexate may cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, mouth ulcers, anaemia, increased susceptibility to infection, and abnormal bleeding.