Guest guest Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 Hi Sierra, I have a question. I just answered 's question concerning his mothers MTX with folic acid. I told him that my rheumy just told me that taking it the day of blunts the effect so you shouldnt. THEN went on to read the rest of todays conversations...including yours. Now I'm all nervous that the info Im getting might not be right. I really trust my doc so that is not the question, Im just wondering if the method yours is giving you might not be better. Ahh! So many opinions and methods, what's an arthritic to do!? Can you tell me what exactly your doc told you about it. Thanks, --- snowdrift52003 <snowdrift52003@...> wrote: > My rheumatologist said to increase my folic acid the > day before, the > day of, and the day after I take MTX. Nice thick > head of hair here > after 2 years on MTX. > > Sierra > > > > > > My 77-yr-old mother has recently increased her > dosage of injectable > MTX. When she began, the dosage was at 10 mg, and > she took 1 mg of > folic acid a day. Her side-effects from the > medicine were not too > bad, except her hair started to fall out. When the > Rheumy increased > the dosage to 12.5 mg, in an effort to stop the hair > loss, he upped > the dosage of folic acid to 2 mg/day - except on the > day she takes > her MTX. However, her hair continues to fall out. > Now the dosage of > MTX has been raised to 15 mg, and the fatigue she > experiences for 48 > hours after the injection is terrible. My question: > does anyone else > who takes folic acid not do so on the day when > medication is taken? > I imagine the Dr. is concerned about the folic acid > interfering with > the efficacy of the MTX, but I've read that it > doesn't. Also, do > many of you also experience hair loss from MTX? > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > New Messenger with Voice. Call regular > phones from your PC > and save big. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 Hi Sierra, I have a question. I just answered 's question concerning his mothers MTX with folic acid. I told him that my rheumy just told me that taking it the day of blunts the effect so you shouldnt. THEN went on to read the rest of todays conversations...including yours. Now I'm all nervous that the info Im getting might not be right. I really trust my doc so that is not the question, Im just wondering if the method yours is giving you might not be better. Ahh! So many opinions and methods, what's an arthritic to do!? Can you tell me what exactly your doc told you about it. Thanks, --- snowdrift52003 <snowdrift52003@...> wrote: > My rheumatologist said to increase my folic acid the > day before, the > day of, and the day after I take MTX. Nice thick > head of hair here > after 2 years on MTX. > > Sierra > > > > > > My 77-yr-old mother has recently increased her > dosage of injectable > MTX. When she began, the dosage was at 10 mg, and > she took 1 mg of > folic acid a day. Her side-effects from the > medicine were not too > bad, except her hair started to fall out. When the > Rheumy increased > the dosage to 12.5 mg, in an effort to stop the hair > loss, he upped > the dosage of folic acid to 2 mg/day - except on the > day she takes > her MTX. However, her hair continues to fall out. > Now the dosage of > MTX has been raised to 15 mg, and the fatigue she > experiences for 48 > hours after the injection is terrible. My question: > does anyone else > who takes folic acid not do so on the day when > medication is taken? > I imagine the Dr. is concerned about the folic acid > interfering with > the efficacy of the MTX, but I've read that it > doesn't. Also, do > many of you also experience hair loss from MTX? > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > New Messenger with Voice. Call regular > phones from your PC > and save big. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 I started out on 1 mg/day like most people taking MTX, but when fatigue became a problem, she told me to try taking 3 mg/day on the day before, the day of, and the day after MTX and to take 2 mg/day on the other days. She said some of her patients take as much as 4-5 mg. a day. She teaches rheumatology at our state's University and was voted one of the top 7 rheumatologists in our metro area by her fellow physicians for a city magazine. She's good. Not perfect, but good. Sierra > > > > > > My 77-yr-old mother has recently increased her > > dosage of injectable > > MTX. When she began, the dosage was at 10 mg, and > > she took 1 mg of > > folic acid a day. Her side-effects from the > > medicine were not too > > bad, except her hair started to fall out. When the > > Rheumy increased > > the dosage to 12.5 mg, in an effort to stop the hair > > loss, he upped > > the dosage of folic acid to 2 mg/day - except on the > > day she takes > > her MTX. However, her hair continues to fall out. > > Now the dosage of > > MTX has been raised to 15 mg, and the fatigue she > > experiences for 48 > > hours after the injection is terrible. My question: > > does anyone else > > who takes folic acid not do so on the day when > > medication is taken? > > I imagine the Dr. is concerned about the folic acid > > interfering with > > the efficacy of the MTX, but I've read that it > > doesn't. Also, do > > many of you also experience hair loss from MTX? > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > New Messenger with Voice. Call regular > > phones from your PC > > and save big. > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > > removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 I'd recommend doing your own research about it on the Web. You can also get a second opinion. Best of luck! Sierra --- In , Hertling <mchertling@...> wrote: > > Hi Sierra, > I have a question. I just answered 's question > concerning his mothers MTX with folic acid. I told him So > many opinions and methods, what's an arthritic to do!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 Thanks Sierra. I will look into it. Im on 10mg of MTX and I think that's too big of a dose to mess around with so I will be doing some research. I'll keep you posted if I learn anything interesting. melanie --- snowdrift52003 <snowdrift52003@...> wrote: > I'd recommend doing your own research about it on > the Web. You can also > get a second opinion. Best of luck! > > Sierra > > > > > > > Hi Sierra, > > I have a question. I just answered 's > question > > concerning his mothers MTX with folic acid. I told > him > So > > many opinions and methods, what's an arthritic to > do!? > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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