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MY DOCTOR DID LABS ON ME AND THE CAME BACK POSITIVE FOR RA AND SLE..MY dsDNA IS 185 AND MY ssDNA IS 193. HE TRIED ME ON HYDROXYCHORQUINE AND I HAD A ALLERGIC REACTION. HE NOW WANTS TE TO START MAETHOTREXATE INJ SUB Q 25MG/ML QWEEKLY. JUST HOW DANGEROUS IS THIS MEDICATION? I USED TO WORK AT THE CANCER CENTER AND THIS SEEMS TO HAVE THE SAME SIDE EFFECTS AS CHEMO? I NOW WORK AT AT A GASTRON CLINIC AND AM ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT MY LFT'S.