Re: Re: AP and MTX..good or bad news???

[Guest guest]

Yeah !! That's great news.

I'm no expert but I've been on both AP and MTX. I tried to go off MTX once. My

experience has been that you DO NOT get benefits from MTX until 4 to 6 weeks.

If you are feeling good I would stop the MTX, continue the AP and see what

happens. I know it is scary to think of being in so much pain that you cannot

get around and in that case you would want to be on the MTX working toward that

4 to 6 week mark for some relief. But, if you can discern that the relief you

are experiencing is from AP alone, it would be much better for you to not go

down the MTX route.

Good luck,

Sue

---- davidcheesm <davidcheesm@...> wrote:

> Hi, need you guys again to help in evaluating which drugs is actually

impacting my condition. I swicthed from generic to brand name mino on May 15th

and seem to experience a new wave of herxing. It was so bad I thought I might

need crutches soon to walk, but at the same time also noticed 2 good days in

between.

>

> Rather relunctantly, I started MTX (DMARD) last friday morning (May 29th).

Here is the tricky part, I felt pretty good on the same day I took MTX and was

able to skip Naproxen (NSAID) on that day which I've never done in 3 months.

Will that be my immune system was responding to a new drug & gave me a break in

banging my joints OR perhaps the AP has started to work. I dont believe MTX has

kicked in just a couple of hours after taking it.

>

> Here is the best part, since last friday until now, I've experienced 4 painful

days (WITH-NSAID) and 3 good days (without-NSAID). This is a miracle for me as I

have not experienced so much in one week in the past 3 months. Even now my knees

got better in walking.

>

> EVALUATING PART: If AP has started to work - I consider it a good news. Today

I did not even take my second dose of MTX. If this is the effect of MTX -

nothing to boast about. Everything will continue as has planned.

>

> Does anyone has any experience with MTX about the timing it normally works. I

learned from the web source that it takes 3-6 weeks to see sign of improvement

and 8-12 weeks for a full benefit. Will it work within 7 days?? (Hopefully not

MTX cos I want to give full credit to AP)

>

>

>

> C

>

>

[Guest guest]

For me, I was on MTX for more than 2 months and it did nothing positive for me.

It wasted two months of my life and caused me to lose a lot of hair. I remember

my rheumy saying that it takes awhile for it to kick in; hence, the two month

plus period of time.

I hope for your sake it is the AP working. Good luck with it.

Mona

rheumatic Re: AP and MTX..good or bad news???

Hi, need you guys again to help in evaluating which drugs is actually

impacting my condition. I swicthed from generic to brand name mino on May 15th

and seem to experience a new wave of herxing. It was so bad I thought I might

need crutches soon to walk, but at the same time also noticed 2 good days in

between.

Rather relunctantly, I started MTX (DMARD) last friday morning (May 29th).

Here is the tricky part, I felt pretty good on the same day I took MTX and was

able to skip Naproxen (NSAID) on that day which I've never done in 3 months.

Will that be my immune system was responding to a new drug & gave me a break in

banging my joints OR perhaps the AP has started to work. I dont believe MTX has

kicked in just a couple of hours after taking it.

Here is the best part, since last friday until now, I've experienced 4 painful

days (WITH-NSAID) and 3 good days (without-NSAID). This is a miracle for me as I

have not experienced so much in one week in the past 3 months. Even now my knees

got better in walking.

EVALUATING PART: If AP has started to work - I consider it a good news. Today

I did not even take my second dose of MTX. If this is the effect of MTX -

nothing to boast about. Everything will continue as has planned.

Does anyone has any experience with MTX about the timing it normally works. I

learned from the web source that it takes 3-6 weeks to see sign of improvement

and 8-12 weeks for a full benefit. Will it work within 7 days?? (Hopefully not

MTX cos I want to give full credit to AP)

C