Re: new to methotrexate.. from mike

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i have been on metho for 3 yrs. . on the pills . was sick at my stomach. but

got on folic acid and it helped . had some hair loss ( i'm on 25 mgs.) might

not happen at 10 mgs. 2 days after i take it i'm tired so i take it at night.

good luck

sasupbin <sasupbin@...> wrote: 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