Hair loss/thinning ... help

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Hello All

I was diagnosed w/ RA about 5 years ago. I'm currently taking MTX,

folic acid and Remicade. I'm doing really well after moving from

Enbrel to Remicade a year ago.

Anyway, I've noticed that my hair is thinning dramatically in the past

few months. I've always had very thick hair so this isn't really

noticable to anyone but me at this point but I'm concerned.

I'm prescribed 20mg of MTX which I take in two 10mg doses weekly. It

doesn't bother me at all, never has, but obviously it's taking a toll

on my hair. I'm taking 1 mg folic acid daily. I've just cut the MTX

back to 15 mg.

Is there anything else I can do? What's the normal dose of folic acid?

Can it be increased?

Thanks very much

charlotte