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Rates of discontinuation of medications due to side effects
| Medication | SCLE | Most common SEa causing discontinuation in SCLE |
DLE | Most common SE causing discontinuation in DLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTX | 7/25 (28%) b | Nausea/diarrhea | 3/16 (19%) | Increased transaminases |
| MMF | 6/13 (46%) | Nausea/diarrhea | 5/32 (16%) | Nausea/diarrhea |
side effect (SE)
percentages are for rate of discontinuation due to side effects from all instances of that medication use within the population subset
