Re: Re: I'll try again

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I've been on MTX for 5 yrs now and about the only thing I have had is a

little upset feeling the day after. I guess I am one of the lucky ones though

from what I have read.

In a message dated 5/12/2008 1:01:07 P.M. Central Daylight Time,

queen_o_sheba@... writes:

Hi dd,

I had a lot of side effects from MTX. I was on it for about 4 months,

and while it was effective, the side effects were finally too much and

my dr took me off of it.

I think you should call your dr with your symptoms and see what s/he says.

Good luck!

Kim

>

> Last Friday, I posted this to the list -- my first time. There have

been no

> responses to it. Don't know why.

>

>

> Hello,

>

> I have recently joined this list after being diagnosed with RA at

64. I've

> also had Crohn's for a very long time.

>

> I was put on 25 mg of Prednisone 2.5 weeks ago, changed to 20 mg on

> Wednesday.

>

> I did my first dose of Methotrexate on Monday. 6 pills. Monday, I

had a

> headache, Tuesday, extreme fatigue, headache and felt like my head

was stuffed

> with straw. I was surprised when I could actually think or remember

anything.

> Wednesday, more of the same. I teach a line dancing class Wednesday

evening. We

> start out slow and easy and work our way up to more difficult. Once

the

> endorphins kicked in, I felt great. But after a couple of hours, my

chest felt

> like something was swollen in it. Pressure around the heart and

lungs. That

> lasted most of the day on Thursday as well. Thursday night I danced

a little

> again and felt great afterwards. Like a fog had finally lifted. This

morning, I

> awakened after six hours of sleep with a rapid heart beat.

>

> The rapid heart beat started a little even before I started the MTX.

>

> Does anyone else have side-effects in their chest?

>

> I've already gotten a lot of information from this list. I wish I had

> started the MTX Sunday evening, but I didn't.

>

> dd

>

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