Anticipatory symptoms refer to symptoms that occur just before taking a dose.
Associative symptoms refer to symptoms that occur when thinking about taking a dose.
Symptoms:
(1) abdominal pain after methotrexate
(2) abdominal pain, anticipatory
(3) abdominal pain, associative
(4) nausea after methotrexate
(5) nausea, anticipatory
(6) nausea associative
(7) vomiting after methotrexate
(8) vomiting, anticipatory
(9) vomiting, associative
(10) oral pain (sore mouth) after methotrexate
(11) oral pain, anticipatory
(12) oral pain, associative
(13) behavioral. restlessness
(14) behavioiral, crying
(15) behavioral, irritability
(16) behavioral, refusal of methotrexate
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Symptoms
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Points
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none
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0
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mild
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1
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moderate
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2
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severe
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3
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total score =
= SUM(points for all 16 findings)
Interpretation:
• minimum score: 0
• maximum score: 48
• A score >= 6 is considered positive.
