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Methotrexate
Medication on the FAA's arthritis and colitis worksheets
Other names: Trexall
Taken for: Arthritis or colitisTaking it for something else? The entries here do not cover that use. The FAA may address it in the guidance for your condition. Ask your examiner.
Examiner
CACI: the examiner can issue when the condition's worksheet criteria are met. Applicants for first- or second-class must provide the worksheet's information annually; applicants for third-class with each required exam
FAA label
ACCEPTABLE
The FAA's CACI – Arthritis Worksheet lists methotrexate (Trexall), with or without daily NSAIDs, among its acceptable medications, for osteoarthritis or for rheumatoid (limited to joint), psoriatic or ankylosing spondylitis arthritis.
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The CACI – Colitis Worksheet lists it among the medications for Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, microscopic colitis or irritable bowel syndrome; any other cause of colitis requires an FAA decision. Each worksheet applies with all its other criteria, and the examiner must note in Block 60 one of its statements, which include CACI qualified, and not CACI qualified and deferred.
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Acceptable causes are limited to:
Osteoarthritis* and/or
Autoimmune to include only the following: rheumatoid (limited to joint), psoriatic, or ankylosing spondylitis
One or more of the following with or without daily NSAIDs:
azathioprine (Imuran)
methotrexate (Trexall)
sulfasalazine (Azulfidine)
AME MUST NOTE in Block 60 one of the following:
CACI qualified arthritis. (Documents do not need to be submitted to the FAA.)
NOT CACI qualified arthritis. I have deferred. (Submit supporting documents.)
Cause of Colitis
Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, microscopic colitis, or irritable bowel syndrome
Any other causes require an FAA decision.
Medications for condition
One or more of the following:
azathioprine (Imuran)
methotrexate (Trexall)
sulfasalazine (Azulfidine)
AME MUST NOTE in Block 60 one of the following:
CACI qualified colitis. (Documents do not need to be submitted to the FAA.)
NOT CACI qualified. I have deferred. (Submit supporting documents.)