Guest guest Posted July 17, 2001 Report Share Posted July 17, 2001 In a message dated 7/17/01 12:04:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, sherrye2000@... writes: << Allan's doc is starting him on metho today. Any information you can give would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Sherry >> Sherry, what dose did he start Allan at? For me I had to start slow (3 tablets on week or two and then upped to 4tabs the next week, etc til I got to 7 tabs) Folic Acid was given to me to help with the side effects and it really helped. They wanted me to start on a Friday but I waited til Sun so that I wouldn't be sick during the weekend. Also it worked better for me to take them at dinner or bedtime so I would sleep through most of it. I tried to divide the dose, half in morning and half in evening, but it didn't work for me. Each one of us is different and the reactions are different... Just kind of trial and error. He might have no effects at all, which I hope is the case. Good luck to both of you. Hope he is feeling better soon and you are okay too. hugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2001 Report Share Posted July 17, 2001 Allan's doc is starting him on metho today. Any information you can give would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Sherry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2001 Report Share Posted July 17, 2001 --- RCColloran@... wrote: > In a message dated 7/17/01 12:04:32 PM Pacific > Daylight Time, > sherrye2000@... writes: > > << Allan's doc is starting him on metho today. Any > information you can > give would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. > Sherry > >> > Sherry, what dose did he start Allan at? For me I > had to start slow (3 > tablets on week or two and then upped to 4tabs the > next week, etc til I got > to 7 tabs) > > Folic Acid was given to me to help with the side > effects and it really > helped. They wanted me to start on a Friday but I > waited til Sun so that I > wouldn't be sick during the weekend. Also it worked > better for me to take > them at dinner or bedtime so I would sleep through > most of it. I tried to > divide the dose, half in morning and half in > evening, but it didn't work for > me. > > Each one of us is different and the reactions are > different... Just kind of > trial and error. He might have no effects at all, > which I hope is the case. > > Good luck to both of you. Hope he is feeling better > soon and you are okay > too. > hugs > > My experience was much the same as 's, except that I ended up on 8 tablets a week. Felt terrific for several months, then the nausea set in. is right about us all being different. I wish you all the best. Sharon ===== __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2001 Report Share Posted July 17, 2001 Thanks I don't know the dosage as he hasn't picked up the prescription yet. Sherry > In a message dated 7/17/01 12:04:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > sherrye2000@y... writes: > > << Allan's doc is starting him on metho today. Any information you can > give would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Sherry > >> > Sherry, what dose did he start Allan at? For me I had to start slow (3 > tablets on week or two and then upped to 4tabs the next week, etc til I got > to 7 tabs) > > Folic Acid was given to me to help with the side effects and it really > helped. They wanted me to start on a Friday but I waited til Sun so that I > wouldn't be sick during the weekend. Also it worked better for me to take > them at dinner or bedtime so I would sleep through most of it. I tried to > divide the dose, half in morning and half in evening, but it didn't work for > me. > > Each one of us is different and the reactions are different... Just kind of > trial and error. He might have no effects at all, which I hope is the case. > > Good luck to both of you. Hope he is feeling better soon and you are okay > too. > hugs > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2001 Report Share Posted July 18, 2001 Hi Sherry, I started taking metho three weeks ago. I was told to start on 6 pills but I have been doing 4 and will work up to the 6. My doctor is aware of my decision and he said they normally want people to start with 6. But, all doctors do it different. I found that I had no problems with the 4 and took folic acid everyday. The reason I decided to start with 4 is because I have so many allergies and adverse reactions to meds. This seemed to work out OK. I missed taking it Sunday night so took it Monday night and today I feel pretty decent (for a change). It will take about 6 weeks for it to work, but I have already noticed some changes in the way my joints and back don't hurt as much. Hope by the time I'm at 6 weeks that it will take care of the vasculitis. I do take it at bedtime with food. Love, Marilyn Allan's doc is starting him on metho today. Any information you can > give would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Sherry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2001 Report Share Posted July 18, 2001 Thanks Marilyn for the info. Sherry > Hi Sherry, > > I started taking metho three weeks ago. I was told to start on 6 > pills but I have been doing 4 and will work up to the 6. My doctor > is aware of my decision and he said they normally want people to > start with 6. But, all doctors do it different. I found that I had > no problems with the 4 and took folic acid everyday. The reason I > decided to start with 4 is because I have so many allergies and > adverse reactions to meds. This seemed to work out OK. I missed > taking it Sunday night so took it Monday night and today I feel > pretty decent (for a change). It will take about 6 weeks for it to > work, but I have already noticed some changes in the way my joints > and back don't hurt as much. Hope by the time I'm at 6 weeks that it > will take care of the vasculitis. I do take it at bedtime with > food. Love, Marilyn > > > Allan's doc is starting him on metho today. Any information you can > > give would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Sherry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2001 Report Share Posted July 18, 2001 Allan's doc is starting him on metho today. Any information you can give would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Sherry Hi Sherry, I had such bad results with metho, so I can't say anything but bad. But I'm hoping it works better for him than it did for me. Lu See I should have just kept my mouth shut. I knew it and I didn't. sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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