Re: ....& ALL ON MTX..PLEASE READ

[Guest guest]

MY Internist today told me that they now have documented cases of the adverse

reaction AKATHESIA to MTX..It is not common but it is happening.

Leave it to me to end up in critical care a few yrs ago from that exact effect,

and unfortunately now have it for life. I must watch EVERY MEDICATION SUGGESTED

NOW...AND HOW THESE RHEUMATOLOGISTS SAID MTX DID NOT CAUSE AKATHESIA.HMMMMMMMMMM

THEREFORE EVERYONE TAKING MTX SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS AS I HAD TAKEN MTX MANY

TIMES AND ONE TIME FOR A PERIOD OF AN ENTIRE YEAR WITH HAIR THINNING AS MY ONLY

SIDE EFFECT. PLEASE ALL BE CAREFUL WITH THESE " SAFE " MEDICATIONS...

LOVE JOANNE

[Guest guest]

Joanne, exactly which physicians or institutions have documented the

cases of MTX associated with akathisia? I would like to see those

references, if possible. Or has your internist himself observed it? Were

they low-dose MTX cases?

One of the big questions I have about this assertion is that MTX is

routinely taken in conjunction with so many other meds that have a known

association with akathisia that it would be hard to sort out exactly

what is happening. I would also like to know what they think the

mechanism responsible is.

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

Re: [ ] .... & ALL ON MTX..PLEASE READ

>

> MY Internist today told me that they now have documented cases of the

adverse reaction AKATHESIA to MTX..It is not common but it is happening.

>

> Leave it to me to end up in critical care a few yrs ago from that

exact effect, and unfortunately now have it for life. I must watch EVERY

MEDICATION SUGGESTED NOW...AND HOW THESE RHEUMATOLOGISTS SAID MTX DID

NOT CAUSE AKATHESIA.HMMMMMMMMMM

>

> THEREFORE EVERYONE TAKING MTX SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS AS I HAD TAKEN MTX

MANY TIMES AND ONE TIME FOR A PERIOD OF AN ENTIRE YEAR WITH HAIR

THINNING AS MY ONLY SIDE EFFECT. PLEASE ALL BE CAREFUL WITH THESE " SAFE "

MEDICATIONS...

> LOVE JOANNE

[Guest guest]

This is very interesting to me because I've had a mild version of

this condition--without meds--my whole life. I'm the one in every

meeting who's swinging my foot, rocking my chair, whatever. If the

MTX makes it worse, I may have to start tying myself down!

> Joanne, exactly which physicians or institutions have documented

the

> cases of MTX associated with akathisia? I would like to see those

> references, if possible. Or has your internist himself observed

it? Were

> they low-dose MTX cases?

>

> One of the big questions I have about this assertion is that MTX is

> routinely taken in conjunction with so many other meds that have a

known

> association with akathisia that it would be hard to sort out

exactly

> what is happening. I would also like to know what they think the

> mechanism responsible is.

>

>

>

>

> I'll tell you where to go!

>

> Mayo Clinic in Rochester

> http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

>

> s Hopkins Medicine

> http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

>

>

> Re: [ ] .... & ALL ON MTX..PLEASE READ

>

>

> >

> > MY Internist today told me that they now have documented cases

of the

> adverse reaction AKATHESIA to MTX..It is not common but it is

happening.

> >

> > Leave it to me to end up in critical care a few yrs ago from that

> exact effect, and unfortunately now have it for life. I must watch

EVERY

> MEDICATION SUGGESTED NOW...AND HOW THESE RHEUMATOLOGISTS SAID MTX

DID

> NOT CAUSE AKATHESIA.HMMMMMMMMMM

> >

> > THEREFORE EVERYONE TAKING MTX SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS AS I HAD

TAKEN MTX

> MANY TIMES AND ONE TIME FOR A PERIOD OF AN ENTIRE YEAR WITH HAIR

> THINNING AS MY ONLY SIDE EFFECT. PLEASE ALL BE CAREFUL WITH

THESE " SAFE "

> MEDICATIONS...

> > LOVE JOANNE

[Guest guest]

You are burning calories with this movement, though, which is a good

thing. I've read that thin people perform actions such as this more

than overweight people. I don't know if it's true or not.

Years ago I had a student who would move his leg very fast,

continually. It would just about shake the whole room.

Sue

On Thursday, August 12, 2004, at 12:22 PM, wrote:

> This is very interesting to me because I've had a mild version of

> this condition--without meds--my whole life. I'm the one in every

> meeting who's swinging my foot, rocking my chair, whatever. If the

> MTX makes it worse, I may have to start tying myself down!