Megaloblastic anemia medical mnemonic
USMLE medical mnemonic.
Drugs causing Megaloblastic Anemia:
M–>Methotrexate
A–>AZT=Zidovudine
P–>Phenytoin (Fenytoin–>Folate deficiency)
L–>Liver Disease (speaking of the MC drug Alcohol, think of Liver as well)
E–>Ethanol
The MC drug is Ethanol. This is easy to remember. You cannot buy drugs like Methotrexate, AZT or Phenytoin OTC, but you can cause yourself liver disease and megaloblastic anemia using the ethanol=alcohol, because it is so easy to buy it. Alcohol is not OTC drug, alcohol is OTS drug, which means On The Shelf drug. Everybody can buy alcohol, and that is why ethanol is the MCC of Megaloblastic Anemia and many other disease. The second MC killer in US right after cigarettes smoking.
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