Re: Re: husband just diagnosed with RA

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the info. I am trying to avoid doing the needle thing as I've had a life-long

hatred of them. I would have to have my sister do it for me.

Becky

In a message dated 9/2/2004 4:56:48 PM Central Standard Time, a.mckinnon@... writes:

In my case I heard that the side effects were less with the

injections so I just asked for it and have been having injections for

years. I am a lot happier with the injections

Annette

>Methotrexate comes in both pill form and injections. I take the

pill form. I

>don't know whether or not there's a difference in strength between

the two.

>There has been some talk on this board about limited amounts of

Methotrexate

>available. That doesn't affect those of us who take it in pill form.

>

>gloria

Becky

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[Guest guest]

I was on 25 mg of oral MTX for several years. The doctor switched me to the injectable - 25 mg or 1cc because he did not want to go any higher with the oral and felt that the injectable route would give an additional "bump" because of better absorption. He was right!

----- Original Message -----

From: Ray Lauffer

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 1:40 PM

Subject: Re: husband just diagnosed with RA

I had always heard that the max dosage in pill form was 20mg. To go above that you had to go to the injections.