MTX common side effect

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Been taken mtx for sometime now I thought I had everything covered as far as

side effects, I was having hair loss but got over that by increasing the folic

from 2 pills daily to 3 pills daily but now I got this other problem. I knew by

being on this med it would cause me to sunburn more easily but in my case I very

seldom burn so I thought I could sit out an enjoy the summer rays after a long

cold cold Winter but I was sooooo wrong, I spent about an hr outside in the

shade this past sunday enjoying a bbq, visiting an watching my grandson an great

nephew play, well anyway I ended up getting this rash which I found out is a

common side effect to the mtx. The phram told me instead of a sunburn I got rash

an need to stay out of the sun, so that means I can't ride m ATV anymore, I

can't work on some chairs I'm redoing, I can't play with my grandkids outside

when they come to stay over nite. I'm stuck to being indoors unless it's cloudy

out. There has to be something I can take to counter act these side effects, I

don't want to have to use sunblock just to sit out for 15 to 20 mins in 75

degree temps or use when I got shopping which means walking around out in the

sun. If there is nothing I can do to counter act the side effects I might as

well board up my all the windows in my house to keep out the sunan buy a front

door that doesn't have a window in it, whats a person to do?