What MTX stands for

MTX is a medical abbreviation for methotrexate. TermDecode files it under medication abbreviations.

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Risk

ISMP lists MTX as error-prone: methotrexate may be mistaken as mitoxantrone.

Safer Alternative

Write "methotrexate"

Seen in context

MTX confused with mitoxantrone

Sources

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