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MTX is a widely used steroid-sparing agent that requires regular blood test monitoring to reduce adverse outcomes for patients. During extraordinary circumstances such as a pandemic, relaxing the interval between monitoring blood tests in stable patients is a feasible intervention. A relaxed monitoring blood test interval for a set period is safe, achievable and cost effective.
Shadeed et al. (Sat,) studied this question.