Guest guest Posted May 2, 2003 Report Share Posted May 2, 2003 Hi everyone, Have any of you on Methotrexate experienced blurred vision? I am at work and all of a sudden I started to see a blurry circle with a black outline start moving from center to bottom left. After a while it increased in size and everything got blurry peripherally. This morning my eyes seemed a bit sore. It's subsided a bit now. I put a call in to my Rheumy and am waiting for her to call back. Any information would be most appreciated. It's kinda scary because I have never experienced this before. Thanks! Love, Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2003 Report Share Posted May 2, 2003 Alan, It is listed as a rare side effect of MTX http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/uspdi/202356.html#SXX18 Please let us know what your doctor says. I never had any vision problems while on it. I can imagine it is pretty scary. a > Hi everyone, > > Have any of you on Methotrexate experienced blurred vision? I am at > work and all of a sudden I started to see a blurry circle with a > black outline start moving from center to bottom left. After a while > it increased in size and everything got blurry peripherally. This > morning my eyes seemed a bit sore. It's subsided a bit now. I put a > call in to my Rheumy and am waiting for her to call back. > > Any information would be most appreciated. It's kinda scary because I > have never experienced this before. > > Thanks! > > Love, > > Alan > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2003 Report Share Posted May 2, 2003 Thanks a, It's basically subsided but came on with no warning at all. It is almost like a migraine aura but hopefully without the accompanying headache. Yes, it was pretty scary. Thanks Again!!! Alan > Alan, > It is listed as a rare side effect of MTX > > http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/uspdi/202356.html#SXX18 > > Please let us know what your doctor says. I never had any vision problems > while on it. I can imagine it is pretty scary. > a > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > Have any of you on Methotrexate experienced blurred vision? I am at > > work and all of a sudden I started to see a blurry circle with a > > black outline start moving from center to bottom left. After a while > > it increased in size and everything got blurry peripherally. This > > morning my eyes seemed a bit sore. It's subsided a bit now. I put a > > call in to my Rheumy and am waiting for her to call back. > > > > Any information would be most appreciated. It's kinda scary because I > > have never experienced this before. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Love, > > > > Alan > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2003 Report Share Posted May 2, 2003 sounds like what they call a floater? i see dr green at medical eye services. he is on the lower level in jennefer's building. i just have the gurnee # 847-662-4016. good luck kathy in il 900 bldg LL 74 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2003 Report Share Posted May 2, 2003 In a message dated 5/2/03 10:03:53 AM Central Daylight Time, paula54@... writes: > http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/uspdi/202356.html#SXX18 thanks paula!!! this answered a lot of my suspicions, i will definatly bring this the next time i go to all of my dr's. they have been making me feel like i am nuts here. duh!!!! kathy in il Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2003 Report Share Posted May 3, 2003 You're welcome Alan. Did you get a hold of your doctor? I hope whatever it is has passed. Please be careful if you have to drive. a > Thanks a, > > It's basically subsided but came on with no warning at all. It is > almost like a migraine aura but hopefully without the accompanying > headache. Yes, it was pretty scary. > > Thanks Again!!! > > Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2003 Report Share Posted May 3, 2003 i am so upset by this. i told them i thought mtx or avandia were the culprit. they put me through all the allergy tests $400 worth that i now have to pay out of my pocket/ i had my other dr tell me it was " old skin " then when it came up that i was allergic to metal he asked what i had used. (like i was doing something kinky!!) it took me almost a month to sit down after they took the cultures of skin. ( that was another $300) and the answer was in black and white, right in front of me. my side effects have changed so dramatcally on this drug. makes me wonder what is next. but on the same note. it does do something. i am back at work for the first time in 2 years (even if only part-time) it is still a great improvement. kathy in il (not feeling like a dog scootin across the carpet tonight thank you!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2003 Report Share Posted May 3, 2003 I agree Kathy. The nurses basically said I was crazy and should see my eye doctor. Hugs, Alan > In a message dated 5/2/03 10:03:53 AM Central Daylight Time, > paula54@c... writes: > > > > http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/uspdi/202356.html#SXX18 > > thanks paula!!! this answered a lot of my suspicions, i will definatly bring > this the next time i go to all of my dr's. they have been making me feel like > i am nuts here. duh!!!! kathy in il > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2003 Report Share Posted May 3, 2003 I did and the nurses told me it had nothing to do with the MTX. I am convinced it did because it never happened before. Luckily it subsided. Thanks again for the information a. Hugs, Alan > You're welcome Alan. Did you get a hold of your doctor? > I hope whatever it is has passed. Please be careful if you have to drive. > a > > > > Thanks a, > > > > It's basically subsided but came on with no warning at all. It is > > almost like a migraine aura but hopefully without the accompanying > > headache. Yes, it was pretty scary. > > > > Thanks Again!!! > > > > Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2003 Report Share Posted May 5, 2003 Alan, the Cracker Jax doctor I USE to have also told me that my BLEEDING GUMS were NOT...I repeat...NOT a side effect of MTX, and to GO SEE A DENTIST! Then when I called back about vaginal bleeding, and TOLD THEM I had gone through menopause 10 years... they said, NOT a side effect of MTX! Then said, GO TO YOUR OBGYN! She laughed after all the sonograms, and biopsiey and said... IT IS A SIDE EFFECT OF MTX! Why does he think they use it for an " abortion drug " >???!!! Anyway, she called him. He STILL claimed (at my next visit) that none (of the above) was a side effect of MTX! I could tell more about this episode of MTX and the Cracker Jax doctor.... but I don't think you have a YEAR to read it! I guess each time we all go on a new med, we need to go home and print out ALL SIDE EFFECTS of the drug, and bring it to the next office visit. Tell them its just so they will KNOW in case you get any of the side effects listed! Elf Alan wrote: > I did and the nurses told me it had nothing to do with the MTX. I am > convinced it did because it never happened before. Luckily it > subsided. > > Thanks again for the information a. > > Hugs, > > Alan > > > > You're welcome Alan. Did you get a hold of your doctor? > > I hope whatever it is has passed. Please be careful if you have to > drive. > > a > > > > > > > Thanks a, > > > > > > It's basically subsided but came on with no warning at all. It is > > > almost like a migraine aura but hopefully without the accompanying > > > > headache. Yes, it was pretty scary. > > > > > > Thanks Again!!! > > > > > > Alan > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2003 Report Share Posted May 5, 2003 Hi Elf, I know. Isn't it crazy that there is a reluctance to just admit it's a side effect? I have never understood that. For me, it didn't mean I necessarily wanted to go off MTX, I just wanted some confimation. Plus, how are others down the road going to know anything about side effects if those that precede them, like ourselves, don't say anything? Okay, I am getting pretty rhetorical here... I am definitely going to bring the side effect information I have which clearly states " blurred vision " . I'm just fortunate that there has been no recurrance. Thanks Elf. Have a great Monday. Hugs, Alan > > > You're welcome Alan. Did you get a hold of your doctor? > > > I hope whatever it is has passed. Please be careful if you have to > > drive. > > > a > > > > > > > > > > Thanks a, > > > > > > > > It's basically subsided but came on with no warning at all. It is > > > > almost like a migraine aura but hopefully without the accompanying > > > > > > headache. Yes, it was pretty scary. > > > > > > > > Thanks Again!!! > > > > > > > > Alan > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2003 Report Share Posted May 6, 2003 I agree wholeheartedly, Susie and Al. It's crazy. We don't have a good way to report side-effects and, when we do tell our physicians, they act as if we are imagining things. If they think that the studies accurately and completely predict what will happen in the post-marketing period, they better think again. There has to be a better way. [ ] Re: MTX and Blurred Vision > Hi Elf, > > I know. Isn't it crazy that there is a reluctance to just admit it's > a side effect? I have never understood that. For me, it didn't mean I > necessarily wanted to go off MTX, I just wanted some confimation. > Plus, how are others down the road going to know anything about side > effects if those that precede them, like ourselves, don't say > anything? Okay, I am getting pretty rhetorical here... > > I am definitely going to bring the side effect information I have > which clearly states " blurred vision " . > > I'm just fortunate that there has been no recurrance. > > Thanks Elf. Have a great Monday. > > Hugs, > > Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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