MTX 6 mo now

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Hi!

I posted to this group when I was getting ready to go on MTX. It has

now been 6 months and I am doing pretty good I think.

I do get nausea at times but got my doc to give me a script for

promethazine for the nausea. Normally they will give you

promethazine when they give you percocet for pain so that you don't

get nauseous. I figured that if it worked for one type of nausea, it

would probably work for another. My doc gave me the script no

problem! The nausea that I get comes on quickly and at first I begin

to prespire a ton and then get the nausea (yuckies). Now I take a

Promethazine with my morning meds and it will ward off any nausea for

most of the day. (I can take it every 6 hours.) If anyone else gets

nausea you might ask the doc if he'll give you a script for

Promethazine.

In addition to RA, I have Fibromyalgia, spondylolasthesis with 2

ruptured disks and 2 vertabrae out of place in the lower back, more

ruptured disks in the cervical spine, migraine headaches, asthma,

etc. You name it, my body is just falling apart. I tell most people

that I have AFS, ... After Fifty Syndrome! LOL

While I didn't get a positive ANA tests, I definitely had the signs

of RA with swollen knees, wrists, fingers, etc. Plus my C-reactive

protein level was 13.0 with the first blood tests and then jumped way

up to 31.0 a few months after...(this is history before MTX.)

I'm also on the Fentanol Durgesic) patch for pain which has helped

tremendously along with epidural injections of both lower and upper

spine every 3 months or so. I also take Maxalt for the migraines

which has been a wonderful treatment for those nasty things.

The one ... rather humorous thing about my treatments has been my

hair! A couple months ago I had some thinning spots. However, my

hairdresser said that she could see new growth. Two months later

when I asked her if she saw any " bald spots) she

said, " weeeeeeeeeelllllllll. " (I gather she did but din't want to

bum me out. LOL)

However in the past month my hair has gone from thin to frizzy, to

looking like Einstein or like I put my finger in an electrical socket

and each day it seems to change! My husband has commented that he

never knows what I'll look like in the morning.

Anyway, I thought I'd share with you some giggles with crazy hair and

what has worked for me in hopes that those of you who do get nauseous

from the meds will consider getting Promethazine.

Good Luck!

Judy