Guest guest Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 Hi, I've been following posts on here for a while but this is my first post. I'm 39 and was dx with RA 5 yrs ago. Initially I took only NSAIDS (It took 5 different ones before I found Celebrex worked. Then fpr the past three years I was on PLaquenil and did OK. Some flare ups here and there but a week of prednisone would calm it down. A few months ago I started having pain all day every day in my knees,wrists and fingers, My rheumatologist gave me the ususal 1 week of steroids but did not want me to stay on them long term. Two days later the pain was back and just kept getting worse and worse. I called him twice within this week and he said to come in that day because he knows I'm usually not a complainer. When I saw him yesterday he said the RA is progressing and he wants me to start methotrexate but it would take at least 6 weeks to notice any effect. I begged (and got) prednisone for the meantime because I couldn't function. I work in a Hospital and was looking worse than half of my patients! My question is, What are the things I can expect with methotrexate? He gave me the obligatory speech but I was hoping for some people's first hand experinces. I took the first dose today, 10 mg. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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