Re: Re: Really rough spell....

March 1, 2006

When I was put on it after I was diagnosed, I was told that it might

take three months to kick in. After the three months, I still didn't

have much improvement, and I was told. " Oh, you're just on a baby

dose. " It eventually did help considerably, but kept lowering my white

blood cell count and eventually was switched to Enbrel, which helps a

lot more than the mtx.

Sue

On Wednesday, March 1, 2006, at 08:23 PM, Randall wrote:

> How long does it take for the Mtx to really kick in. I've been on

> it for 2 weeks now, (2 doses) and so far, I'm not seeeing any

> difference. The pain isn't as severe as it was in the beginning

> because of the prednisone I'm on, but I'm still pretty miserable a

> lot of the time, both in terms of pain and fatigue.

>

March 2, 2006

Hi there,

yes it usually takes a couple of months to kick in to the point where

you will feel a difference.

Corinne

Sue wrote:

> When I was put on it after I was diagnosed, I was told that it might

> take three months to kick in. After the three months, I still didn't

> have much improvement, and I was told. " Oh, you're just on a baby

> dose. " It eventually did help considerably, but kept lowering my white

> blood cell count and eventually was switched to Enbrel, which helps a

> lot more than the mtx.

>

> Sue

>

> On Wednesday, March 1, 2006, at 08:23 PM, Randall wrote:

>

> > How long does it take for the Mtx to really kick in. I've been on

> > it for 2 weeks now, (2 doses) and so far, I'm not seeeing any

> > difference. The pain isn't as severe as it was in the beginning

> > because of the prednisone I'm on, but I'm still pretty miserable a

> > lot of the time, both in terms of pain and fatigue.

> >

>

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