Medication
MTX
Methotrexate
What MTX stands for
MTX is a medical abbreviation for methotrexate. TermDecode files it under medication abbreviations.
MedicationFlagged high riskSourced
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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