Re: Dr today... Methotrexate tablets

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the doctors did not go as well as i hoped. Can anyone tell me if they are on

Methotrrexate and iff they are having aany troubles with it. I will be making

up my mind in the next couple of days if i will go on this. Thanks for any

help you can give

take care

holly

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i was on daarvocet and plaquenel i took myself off because it was not helping

and i was having trouble with my eyes

take care

holly

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the only thing i am doing is on my own 1darvecet 2tylonol and 1 advil at once

or i will do 800 mg of advil or 2 darvecet and 1 advil. I told the doc today

but as far as meds for the swelling no. i am just so frustrated i have been

on so meny things and i never can get the old me back.

thanks for your concern

take care

holly

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Holly, the darvocet that you are taking contains 650mg of tylenol in it, if

you are taking an additional two more tylenol with it that is too much for

your liver, you really shouldn't take any more than 1250mg max per dose,

really 1000mg limit is best. If you are taking extra strength tylenol then

you are getting 1650mg dose at once.

If it were me I would skip the mtx and move straight on to enbrel or

kineret, mainly for preference of very few side effects with enbrel and

kineret and their effectiveness.

GO DAWGS !!!!!

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Hi Holly,

Methotrexate is usually the choice med doctor's prescribe

for Stills. Many take it with no problems. I have been on

it (7.5 mg) for over two years, and it has proved to help

me more than other meds that have been prescribed for

me.

However.....I am now at a point in my life with the MTX

where I am going to ask to change to the injectable form.

There are (I am told) less side effects with the injectable

MTX. I had no noticable side effects until a few weeks

ago.

Your doctor will also prescribe Folic Acid (usually 1 mg.)

this should counteract side effects.

What other meds are you taking????

~~tricia~~

-- Re: Dr today... Methotrexate tablets

the doctors did not go as well as i hoped. Can anyone tell me if they are on

Methotrrexate and iff they are having aany troubles with it. I will be

making

up my mind in the next couple of days if i will go on this. Thanks for any

help you can give

take care

holly

[Guest guest]

So, you are not taking anything at this time??

~~tricia~~

-- Re: Dr today... Methotrexate tablets

i was on daarvocet and plaquenel i took myself off because it was not

helping

and i was having trouble with my eyes

take care

holly

[Guest guest]

I was on MTX for a couple of years. I started of on pills gradually rising

to 17.5mg/week. I have to say that they made me feel like sh*t. Within half

an hour of taking them I got a severe headache, with nausea following for 2

or three days after. They also made me feel INCREDIBLY tired for 2 or 3

days and like death for about a day after taking them! I have to say that

I have never experience such physical and mental fatigue before or

since. I moved on to injections after a while which I tolerated much

better - far less nausea and shorter fatigue.

For me, I couldn't honestly say that I had any benefit from MTX, but I

don't know how I would have been without it. When I got a nasty stomach bug

we stopped the MTX for a couple of weeks to give me a chance to recover. I

instantly felt better obviously as I wasn't suffering all the side effects,

but my joints also ached a lot less! So I decided not to take it any more

and moved on to Plaquenil. I can't say that the Plaquenil helped either

but at least I didn't suffer any side effects from it!

This of course is only MY experience with MTX. If you are going to try it -

and it does work for a lot of people - then I would recommend taking folic

acid to help with the nausea and move to injections if you suffer from the

side effects to much.

best wishes,

Graham.

At 22:11 23/10/2002, you wrote:

>the doctors did not go as well as i hoped. Can anyone tell me if they are on

>Methotrrexate and iff they are having aany troubles with it. I will be making

>up my mind in the next couple of days if i will go on this. Thanks for any

>help you can give

>take care

>holly

[Guest guest]

Holly,

Methotrexate is the only darn thing that seems to help me. Now it

does not work overnight. Takes somewhere around a month of two, but

then the real differance was noticed by me. I was in such bad shape

that hands did not work, could not open door knobs, tear open a

package of anything, open a jar of anything. Started out taking 6

pills a week, then up to 7 pills a week. Can say that have not had

any bad side effects either. Has me takeing celebrex also daily,

with that I personally believe am just donating to the price of TV

commericals. Have been decreasing the prednisone. Slow process but

will be down to 5mg tomorrow. Take a precription folic acid, Doc

precribed it with the methotrexate, take dailey, has kept the mouth

sores and such down to a minimum. Doc says and he is right, the

prescription folic acid pills are cheaper and also do a better job.

My prescription pain pills are getting dust on top of the bottle

lid. I do take a tylenol arthritis pain pill once in a while. Good

luck, wish ya the best, and get pain free.

Dan

> the doctors did not go as well as i hoped. Can anyone tell me if

they are on

> Methotrrexate and iff they are having aany troubles with it. I will

be making

> up my mind in the next couple of days if i will go on this. Thanks

for any

> help you can give

> take care

> holly

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