Guest guest Posted October 29, 2004 Report Share Posted October 29, 2004 Hi all, I took everyones advice and started the MTX on Saturday. I decided it would be better to have Sunday open rather than go to work the next day after taking the med the night before. Good advice. I've been a bit tired and febrile but that's nothing new.... my gums are sore and I'm faithfully taking the 1 mg of folate daily. I'm only taking 7.5 mg of MTX q week along with the Sulfasalazine. I've found that I've needed the 5 mg of Prednisone the past few days. Must be the weather changes... oh how I do NOT want to take it.... esp. everyday....but I am afraid it will end up being that way and I suspected my Rheumatologist thought it would too. I'm having joint pain, plenty, but not nearly like it was before any treatment and am hopeful that the MTX will continue to help it... the prednisone certainly helps a ton when it gets out of intolerable... otherwise I try to put up with it. Probably not the best strategy but I've had tmj pain and musculoskeletal pain for so long that I guess I'm used to some level of pain.... but I'm trying to learn about RA. We are titrating up the MTX every three weeks. It's a journey. The advice has been and always is appreciated. Abby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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