Guest guest Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 As I said earlier, I'm on 4 MTX pills a week and one Arava a day. I am down to 5 mg of Prednisone each day. My face keeps breaking out. I might add that I'm 64 and am allergic to tomatoes (they make my face break out), but I've really been avoiding them religiously. Is anyone else having this reaction to meds? dd **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 I've been on mtx for 9 years with the only result of thinning hair but I was on pred for 3 weeks a month ago and it did nasty things to my skin, felt scaly like and broke out when it was exposed to the sun with sunscreen. I hate pred and only take it when in dire straits. mary in pa [ ] Zit Face As I said earlier, I'm on 4 MTX pills a week and one Arava a day. I am down to 5 mg of Prednisone each day. My face keeps breaking out. I might add that I'm 64 and am allergic to tomatoes (they make my face break out), but I've really been avoiding them religiously. Is anyone else having this reaction to meds? dd **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 DD, I have only been on the Arava for 3 weeks, but I have had no problems with my skin breaking out from it nor the MTX. Sorry that I am no help. Shirley > > As I said earlier, I'm on 4 MTX pills a week and one Arava a day. I am down > to 5 mg of Prednisone each day. > > My face keeps breaking out. I might add that I'm 64 and am allergic to > tomatoes (they make my face break out), but I've really been avoiding them > religiously. > > Is anyone else having this reaction to meds? > > dd > > > > **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for > FanHouse Fantasy Football today. > (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020) > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 dd - Prednisone can definitely cause breakouts/zits on your face and other places. My doc had always warned me about that common side effect. It's one of the reasons (in addition to severe mood swings and weight gain) that I refuse steriods now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 I haven't but I've seen patients get breakouts from various meds. Sometimes its acne, sometimes its a rash do to allergy or just a side effect. ez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 --- In , " McNally " <McNacks@...> wrote: Hi , I was interested reading your post about thinning hair from MTX,my middle daughter is a hairdresser and she said in the last six months I have lost half of my hair again!!! It is really frightening, though I am lucky I had extremly thick hair to start with. I have been off MTX for three months now, and the Rhematologist said it is probably caused from the predisolone. Who knows, but if I continue to loose hair at the rate I am going I won't have any hair left!!! Has anyone else out there had these problems? > > I've been on mtx for 9 years with the only result of thinning hair but I was on pred for 3 weeks a month ago and it did nasty things to my skin, felt scaly like and broke out when it was exposed to the sun with sunscreen. I hate pred and only take it when in dire straits. mary in pa > [ ] Zit Face > > > As I said earlier, I'm on 4 MTX pills a week and one Arava a day. I am down > to 5 mg of Prednisone each day. > > My face keeps breaking out. I might add that I'm 64 and am allergic to > tomatoes (they make my face break out), but I've really been avoiding them > religiously. > > Is anyone else having this reaction to meds? > > dd > > **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for > FanHouse Fantasy Football today. > (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020) > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 , MTX caused my hair to get very thin and I didn't have a thick head of it to begin with. It did stop after 6-9 mos. and my rheummy says that it will grow back. I have added Arava and guess what one of the side effects is....yep thinning hair. I feel blessed though, so many women and men are bald because from chemo for cancer treatment. Personally, I would rather have RA. There are hair products that do make your hair look thicker (thank goodness) but I can never seem to get the back to look fuller. This I can live with, I prefer thin hair rather than not trying to control the RA. Shirley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 My hair starting falling out when I started the MTX, but upping the Folic Acid stopped that. I do notice a bit more hair loss on the day after I take the MTX though. I remember how I felt though when it was falling out - terrified! Nobody wants to be vain, but I think the last thing anybody wants is another problem to worry about. Lori http://home.comcast.net/~queenstitcher/ http://stitchingqueen.multiply.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 Some hair products that help the hair and the scalp so that the hair doesn't thin too much to fall out is Nioxin..most salons do carry it. It worked well for me. If you like fullness Redken has this shampoo called bodyful and you can feel the thickness while washing the hair. They also have a weightlifter from the Redken Body full line that makes it look thicker when blow drying:) From: nana2livi <s.p5315@...> Subject: [ ] Re: Zit Face Date: Sunday, July 27, 2008, 9:58 AM , MTX caused my hair to get very thin and I didn't have a thick head of it to begin with. It did stop after 6-9 mos. and my rheummy says that it will grow back. I have added Arava and guess what one of the side effects is....yep thinning hair. I feel blessed though, so many women and men are bald because from chemo for cancer treatment. Personally, I would rather have RA. There are hair products that do make your hair look thicker (thank goodness) but I can never seem to get the back to look fuller. This I can live with, I prefer thin hair rather than not trying to control the RA. Shirley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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