Guest guest Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 > I'm on Mtx (20 mg) and I'm fighting another lung crude problem. I have been fighting it on and off for almost 2 months and have had one round of antibiotics. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on getting rid of this before I cough up a lung. My fits are so bad that I sometimes vomit. Gross! What does your doctor say? S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 In a very few cases I believe people on MTX can get pneumonitis. I'm sure your dr is keeping an eye on your condition. My husband was coughing like that for quite a while and he was told he had coughing asthma. That was new to us but it is improving. They gave him an oral corticosteroid spray to use am and pm and it has eased up. He does not have RA but perhaps there is no connection to the RA & MTX Annette > I'm on Mtx (20 mg) and I'm fighting another lung crude problem. I have been fighting it on and off for almost 2 months and have had one round of antibiotics. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on getting rid of this before I cough up a lung. My fits are so bad that I sometimes vomit. Gross! > > Thanks, > > Lynette > lmthib@e... > MD - zone 7 > Visit Molly's Site: http://home.earthlink.net/~lmthib/mollys_site/ > Visit the garden's Site: http://home.earthlink.net/~lmthib/lynettes_garden_site/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2004 Report Share Posted August 21, 2004 Thanks for the reply. Have fun, Lynette lmthib@... MD - zone 7 Visit Molly's Site: http://home.earthlink.net/~lmthib/mollys_site/ Visit the garden's Site: http://home.earthlink.net/~lmthib/lynettes_garden_site/ ----- Original Message ----- From: annette2ca Rheumatoid Arthritis Sent: 8/20/2004 4:45:28 PM Subject: Re: Mtx and lung troubles In a very few cases I believe people on MTX can get pneumonitis. I'm sure your dr is keeping an eye on your condition.My husband was coughing like that for quite a while and he was told he had coughing asthma. That was new to us but it is improving. They gave him an oral corticosteroid spray to use am and pm and it has eased up. He does not have RA but perhaps there is no connection to the RA & MTXAnnette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 I was on MTx and go "drug induced pneumonitis" This can be a fatal side effect of MTX. Do not let the cough go unchecked by your Rheummy. There was a case a year ago of an older man that died from this. Sometimes the damage is not reversible. I was lucky. Mine was caught very early and the MTX stopped and my lungs healed in about 6 weeks and things returned to normal. Toni In a message dated 8/21/2004 4:00:08 AM Central Daylight Time, Rheumatoid Arthritis writes: Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 03:36:10 -0400 From: "Lynette Thibodeaux" <lmthib@...>Subject: RE: Re: Mtx and lung troublesThanks for the reply.Have fun,Lynette lmthib@...MD - zone 7Visit Molly's Site: http://home.earthlink.net/~lmthib/mollys_site/ Visit the garden's Site: http://home.earthlink.net/~lmthib/lynettes_garden_site/----- Original Message ----- From: annette2ca Rheumatoid Arthritis Sent: 8/20/2004 4:45:28 PM Subject: Re: Mtx and lung troublesIn a very few cases I believe people on MTX can get pneumonitis. I'm sure your dr is keeping an eye on your condition.My husband was coughing like that for quite a while and he was told he had coughing asthma. That was new to us but it is improving. They gave him an oral corticosteroid spray to use am and pm and it has eased up. He does not have RA but perhaps there is no connection to the RA & MTXAnnette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Annette, It started with as mild cough that progressed to a choking cough. It was so bad that it was impossible to get a whole sentence out without going into a coughing fit. Its a dry none productive cough. Its as if there is something stuck down there and you can't get it to come up. It was terrible. It got to the point where my lungs, the surrounding muscles and bones hurt. I put up with this for about a month until I saw my rheummy and told him I had developed a terrible cough. He checked my ears, throat and lungs and they all checked out normal. He also did chest x-ray. so this lead him to the conclusion of MTX lung complications. He also told me that this complication can occur at any time during the treatment on MTX. So one has to be very diligent while on MTX. Toni In a message dated 8/31/2004 7:56:23 PM Central Daylight Time, Rheumatoid Arthritis writes: Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 23:01:15 -0000 From: "annette2ca" <a.mckinnon@...>Subject: Re: Mtx and lung troublesHow did your bout with pneumonitis go Toni? What were your initial symptoms - how bad was your cough at first? I don't know anyone who had this but have suddenly begun to worryAnnette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2004 Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 How did your bout with pneumonitis go Toni? What were your initial symptoms - how bad was your cough at first? I don't know anyone who had this but have suddenly begun to worry Annette > > I was on MTx and go " drug induced pneumonitis " This can be a fatal side > effect of MTX. Do not let the cough go unchecked by your Rheummy. There was a > case a year ago of an older man that died from this. Sometimes the damage is > not reversible. > > I was lucky. Mine was caught very early and the MTX stopped and my lungs > healed in about 6 weeks and things returned to normal. > > Toni > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 Thanks for the answer Toni. I was afraid of that. What I have is a bit of a cough, non productive, and some soreness in the top of the lungs and chaet - sore and tight - along with shingles all over my torso - small but spread all over the front so will make sure I talk to the rheumy today. I'm glad to hear you recovered well - at least I hope you did. It's hard to tell anyone's state of health from an email message :-) Annette atoid_arthritis , aclavern33@a... wrote: > > Annette, > > It started with as mild cough that progressed to a choking cough. It was so > bad that it was impossible to get a whole sentence out without going into a > coughing fit. Its a dry none productive cough. Its as if there is something > stuck down there and you can't get it to come up. It was terrible. It got to > the point where my lungs, the surrounding muscles and bones hurt. I put up > with this for about a month until I saw my rheummy and told him I had developed a > terrible cough. He checked my ears, throat and lungs and they all checked > out normal. He also did chest x-ray. so this lead him to the conclusion of MTX > lung complications. > > He also told me that this complication can occur at any time during the > treatment on MTX. So one has to be very diligent while on MTX. > > Toni > > In a message dated 8/31/2004 7:56:23 PM Central Daylight Time, > Rheumatoid Arthritis writes: > > > Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 23:01:15 -0000 > From: " annette2ca " <a.mckinnon@s...> > Subject: Re: Mtx and lung troubles > > How did your bout with pneumonitis go Toni? What were your initial > symptoms - how bad was your cough at first? I don't know anyone who > had this but have suddenly begun to worry > Annette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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