Re: Worse after taking methotrexate?

[Guest guest]

Hi ! Do you take MTX pills or injection? When I was taking the pills, the

side effects would last 3-4 days. After I switched to injections, the side

effects now last only 1-2 days and there is no stomach upset either. So I

usually plan on those days. I take it on Monday so that come the weekend, the

side effects have passed and I hope to feel well enough to tag along with hubby

and/or help him with his most recent project.

It is rather insane that the treatment can sometimes be almost worse than the

disease, but its short-lived. Hope this helps. Have a good day..... Doreen

Along this same line, I am finding that the day after I take methotrexate

(20mg), I feel like total crap. My whole body hurts, my

joints hurt, blah, blah, blah. Does anyone else experience this? I take folic

acid, and am tapering off prednisone at 5mg right now. I felt pretty good until

this morning after taking the metho last night. I feel like this is insanity!

[Guest guest]

Hi Doreen -- I feel a lot better today, knock on wood I am only getting one

really horrible day. I am not getting any stomach upset at all thank

god. Did the injectable version of metho help with the horrible fatigue and

pain? If I had 3-4 days of that, I wouldn't be able to take it with 5 kids

still at home and a traveling husband. Yesterday I felt like I had been in

a car accident or something!

In a message dated 10/27/2010 8:42:42 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

mimi212@... writes:

Hi ! Do you take MTX pills or injection? When I was taking the pills,

the side effects would last 3-4 days. After I switched to injections, the

side effects now last only 1-2 days and there is no stomach upset either.

So I usually plan on those days. I take it on Monday so that come the

weekend, the side effects have passed and I hope to feel well enough to tag

along

with hubby and/or help him with his most recent project.

It is rather insane that the treatment can sometimes be almost worse than

the disease, but its short-lived. Hope this helps. Have a good day.....

Doreen

[Guest guest]

I have seen the antibiotic protocal mentioned here, but not often.

Some people have come on and said that they are trying it, but then we

don't hear much more about them. Many people come and go on support

groups like this, and I often wonder what became of them.

I'm glad that this is working well for you. Maybe some rheumys don't

know much about it or don't trust it to work. I don't know what the

answer is.

Sue

On Oct 27, 2010, at 6:49 PM, lind Gittings wrote:

>

> I've been a bit surprised that no-one on this list has ever mentioned

> this treatment. I know most rheumys may not even have heard of it

> though it's officially classed as a DMARD in the US. There are a

> number of research papers from the US and England on it which my

> rheumy gave me after I did some research and asked him about it. I

> got RA for the second time six years ago and that's when I found that

> it was widely used, though not suggested by most doctors as the

> pharmaceutical companies never mention it (old cheap drug, no profits

> probably).

[Guest guest]

Ros:

I am confused. Most of the literature I've read suggests that RA may be

virus-related, and there is no cure nor antibiotic for a virus, because they are

ineffective against virus.

That being said, what kind of antibiotic is it? Plus, After taking them for so

long you can become resistant to their effects and if you get an infection it

too may become resistant to the antibiotics, so then what if there isnt anything

stronger to counter a future infection?

OKD