Medication side effects

Question 1

Entanercept

Answer 1

optical neuritis

Question 2

MTX induced lung injury CXR findings and treatment

Answer 2

Widespread interstitial opacities are usually the earliest radiographic findings with methotrexate lung disease, and may progress rapidly to patchy acinar consolidation. Can although see a variety of findings
Treatment: must discontinue MTX, resolution seen in days.
There have not been any prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled trials to support the use of glucocorticoids in methotrexate pulmonary toxicity