Re: Re: My husband from mike2

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sense i live about 70 miles from my doc i only have a blood test once in every 3

mos.. the only time i remeber of having a chest x-ray is when i had a cold and

was whising . i had an chest x-ray and had to take a bearthing test. which was

ok.. they said you are supose to get blood checked at least once a month. i'm

on 5 mgs. of pred. and started at 10mgs. of metho. and worked there way up to

25mgs. that didn't do the trick so they added enbrel.. also on 1mgs. of folic

acid too. and an other 1. + pain killers. after the yrs. i HATE taking pills.

mike

Ms radar <aclavern33@...> wrote: I had to have a chest X-ray, TB test and

blood work before I started

MTX...then blood work every two weeks for a while then it spread out

to once a month. The only time they did another chest x-ray was when

I got drug induced pneumonitis which is a serious side effect that

happens to some on MTX. I had to stop it immediately and wait for my

lungs to heal. I was lucky it was caught early enough that I did not

have any permenent damage to my lungs.

But the baseline tests and x-rays are normal as well as frequent

blood tests...many of the RA meds are very hard on the liver. They

want to make sure they catch any problem before it becomes serious.

Also my doc said absolutely no alcohol while on MTX.

Toni

> > Hi,

> > My name is and my husband at age 30 has just been

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> > with RA. Just had our second visit to the doctor today to come

> home

> > with some medications that seem extremely scary. They want him

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> > take methotrexate, folic acid, and prednisone. The doctor says

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> > he has had this for the last four years or so and it has to be

> > approached very aggressively. If there is anyone out there who

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> > be of help as to some diet tips, medication tips or any advice at

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> > that we should try or good or bad stories about the medications I

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> > listed it would be much appreciated.

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> > Thanks for your time,

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