Week 4 on Methotrexate and still feel terrible

[Guest guest]

I was for about 4 yrs, It took me a couple months to really feel any relief,

but it was great for me. I could not walk real good before the combo and

within a couple months I felt great. My doc took me off the plaquenil since the

combo stopped working before we introduced humira in Dec.

In a message dated 4/24/2008 3:29:16 P.M. Central Daylight Time,

jodiehoho@... writes:

My question for all of you is, how long did it take you before you felt

like you were getting better? Has anyone else been successfully

treated with MTX and Plaquenil? Or will I pretty much always feel like

I've been run over by a bus?

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Hi there.. I am going to be on week seven of the methotrexate around week

four i started feelilng better, although the doctor said it would be around week

six i would feel so. I am now driving again after eight months started

yesterday. I am on four pills a week.

Jolene

In a message dated 4/24/2008 4:41:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

stephieann2@... writes:

Hi Jodie!

I don't have any experience with Methotrexate yet. I was started on

Plaquenil two years ago and this past year we added Sulfasalazine to that. My

next

step is Methotrexate or Enbrel. It took my Plaquenil 6 months to begin working

as did the Sulfasalazine. I know many on here have experience with

methotrexate and can give you great advice. I hope that it begins working for

you very

soon!

jodie <_jodiehoho@..._ (mailto:jodiehoho@...) > wrote: Hi,

I'm newly diagnosed with RA and my Rheumy started me on weekly doses of

Methotrexate. She told me it can take a few weeks to start to feel

better, but I don't feel at all better and I just took my 4th dose

today (4 weeks).

MTX and folic acid are all she has me taking currently. She also

prescribed pain meds to take in the morning and at night when I feel at

my worst. My next appointment is early next week and she mentioned

that she will add Plaquenil at that time.

My question for all of you is, how long did it take you before you felt

like you were getting better? Has anyone else been successfully

treated with MTX and Plaquenil? Or will I pretty much always feel like

I've been run over by a bus?

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ya know i forgot about that im sorry. They did put me on 5 mg of prednisone

even before the methotrexate. On week six of the methotrexate they have me

split the pill in half. I now that 2.5 and the methotrexate.

Jolene

In a message dated 4/24/2008 6:43:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

mezuro@... writes:

I wonder if some prednisone might give you some quick relief while you wait

for the methotrexate to kick in? That's what I was prescribed at first.

ez

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Hi,

I'm newly diagnosed with RA and my Rheumy started me on weekly doses of

Methotrexate. She told me it can take a few weeks to start to feel

better, but I don't feel at all better and I just took my 4th dose

today (4 weeks).

MTX and folic acid are all she has me taking currently. She also

prescribed pain meds to take in the morning and at night when I feel at

my worst. My next appointment is early next week and she mentioned

that she will add Plaquenil at that time.

My question for all of you is, how long did it take you before you felt

like you were getting better? Has anyone else been successfully

treated with MTX and Plaquenil? Or will I pretty much always feel like

I've been run over by a bus?

[Guest guest]

Hi Jodie!

I don't have any experience with Methotrexate yet. I was started on Plaquenil

two years ago and this past year we added Sulfasalazine to that. My next step

is Methotrexate or Enbrel. It took my Plaquenil 6 months to begin working as

did the Sulfasalazine. I know many on here have experience with methotrexate

and can give you great advice. I hope that it begins working for you very soon!

jodie <jodiehoho@...> wrote: Hi,

I'm newly diagnosed with RA and my Rheumy started me on weekly doses of

Methotrexate. She told me it can take a few weeks to start to feel

better, but I don't feel at all better and I just took my 4th dose

today (4 weeks).

MTX and folic acid are all she has me taking currently. She also

prescribed pain meds to take in the morning and at night when I feel at

my worst. My next appointment is early next week and she mentioned

that she will add Plaquenil at that time.

My question for all of you is, how long did it take you before you felt

like you were getting better? Has anyone else been successfully

treated with MTX and Plaquenil? Or will I pretty much always feel like

I've been run over by a bus?

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I wonder if some prednisone might give you some quick relief while you wait for

the methotrexate to kick in? That's what I was prescribed at first.

ez

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[Guest guest]

My doctor said she would normally give me prednisone, but because I'm

also a type 1 diabetic that the steroids could make my blood sugars

hard to control. So, she gave me vicodin to take for the pain which

doesn't really work and I can't see myself taking vicodin on a daily

basis either! Sigh. I just want to feel normal again!!

Jodie

> I wonder if some prednisone might give you some quick relief while

you wait for the methotrexate to kick in? That's what I was

prescribed at first.

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[Guest guest]

I can really understand how you feel. I was taking 2 Tylenol because

the vicodin didn't work very well on me either. Also I spent a lot of

time sleeping or in a hot bath/shower and used wrap banadges which

seemed to help some because they kept me from moving my hands and

wrists too much.

It all takes some time for the rheumy to get you on the best meds for

you but it will get more managable.

Hugz

PeggyH

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> My doctor said she would normally give me prednisone, but because I'm

> also a type 1 diabetic that the steroids could make my blood sugars

> hard to control. So, she gave me vicodin to take for the pain which

> doesn't really work and I can't see myself taking vicodin on a daily

> basis either! Sigh. I just want to feel normal again!!

>

> Jodie

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[Guest guest]

Jodie, I also have that combination of RA and diabetes, but fortunately

mine is type 2. Prednisone certainly is not a good medication for

diabetics. It has a lot of other bad side effects, too. Hopefully

you'll get some relief soon; if not, maybe she'll add another DMARD or

switch to another one. Good luck!

Sue

On Thursday, April 24, 2008, at 07:34 PM, jodie wrote:

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> My doctor said she would normally give me prednisone, but because I'm

> also a type 1 diabetic that the steroids could make my blood sugars

> hard to control. So, she gave me vicodin to take for the pain which

> doesn't really work and I can't see myself taking vicodin on a daily

> basis either! Sigh. I just want to feel normal again!!

[Guest guest]

Hi..

I'm new here but I just started Methotrexate last week and I am doing a

clincial study for newly diagnosed RA. I take Methotrexate and a shot

of Humira one time a week. When speaking to others in my Doctors office

who had been on this combo of meds, they raved.

However, I also in the beginning am taking two Aleeve or Motrin during

the day when I really need it. I find that they relieve the inflamation

which is what is causing all the pain. I could take narcotics, but I'm

guessing they wouldn't work very well since they aren't really an NSAID.

I am still in shock that I even have RA. This hit me like a ton of

bricks at age 46.

[Guest guest]

hi jana,WELCOME TO THE RA GROUP!! IM 38 YRS.OLD & HAVE HAD RA SINCE I WAS 5... I

SAY THE SAME THING I HAVE RA,BACK THEN I GUESS YOU COULD SAY JRA. I HAVE BEEN ON

SOO MANY MEDS & METHOTREXATE IS ONE OF THEM AMONG OTHERS... I ALSO TAKE AN

INJECTION CALLED FORTAEO EVERY SINGLE DAY. IT SUX!! WELL JANA I HOPE YOU FEEL

BETTER SOON!! LET US KNOW HOW THE STUDY GOES?? GOD BLESS,MELYNDAGAMEZ 4/25/08

7:50P.M.CENTRAL TIME

[ ] Re:Week 4 on Methotrexate and still feel terrible

Hi..

I'm new here but I just started Methotrexate last week and I am doing a

clincial study for newly diagnosed RA. I take Methotrexate and a shot

of Humira one time a week. When speaking to others in my Doctors office

who had been on this combo of meds, they raved.

However, I also in the beginning am taking two Aleeve or Motrin during

the day when I really need it. I find that they relieve the inflamation

which is what is causing all the pain. I could take narcotics, but I'm

guessing they wouldn't work very well since they aren't really an NSAID.

I am still in shock that I even have RA. This hit me like a ton of

bricks at age 46.

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