Methotrexate and Antibiotics

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Good morning:

Both my children have strep throat and I woke up yesterday with symptoms. I saw

my family

doctor and told her all the medications that I'm on, including injectable

methotrexate. She

prescribed me Augmentin which is in the Penicillin family, although she doesn't

think I have

Strep Throat. She did so as a precaution with the holidays coming up, etc.

I ran the drug interactions and saw that one should not take antibiotics with

methotrexate,

specifically those of the Penicillin class. I'm going to call my rheumatologist

today, but

please share your experiences or thoughts......