Guest guest Posted November 3, 2001 Report Share Posted November 3, 2001 dagny i have found that if i take the MTX about two hours after lunch and drink lots of water i do fine. i have not had any side effects at all, except right in the beginning till i got use to it, i was really tired the day after. Now that does not happen, I took the MTX yesterday(Friday) and went christmas shopping today. did fine. dawn --- DagnyThrw@... wrote: > Hello All!! I have just returned from Seattle where > I saw Dr. Buckner, and feel so fortunate to have > found her. She's the best I have encountered--ever! > I feel like I can do a lot less worrying. My old > rheumy kept telling me that I was the boss and he > would put me on any drug I wanted to go on. Like I > should know!! He also ran no tests except blood > work so no wonder he didn't know what to do either! > Anyway, I am now going to go on methotrexate and I > am wondering if anyone has any advice as to how to > take it so as to avoid the well known pitfalls that > can happen (not necessarily will). Is it best on a > an empty tummy, morning or night?, with water or > some other liquid? Any advice or help will be > appreciated I assure you!!!!!! > Re Judee jokes---thanks so much for the Granny > Chrismas story. I laughed until I cried. It really > cheered me up. > Glenda: I would like to have a copy of Alice's > email please. Love to all. Dagny > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and > great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of > buying online with Shop@Netscape! > http://shopnow.netscape.com/ > > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account > today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2001 Report Share Posted November 3, 2001 dagny i have found that if i take the MTX about two hours after lunch and drink lots of water i do fine. i have not had any side effects at all, except right in the beginning till i got use to it, i was really tired the day after. Now that does not happen, I took the MTX yesterday(Friday) and went christmas shopping today. did fine. dawn --- DagnyThrw@... wrote: > Hello All!! I have just returned from Seattle where > I saw Dr. Buckner, and feel so fortunate to have > found her. She's the best I have encountered--ever! > I feel like I can do a lot less worrying. My old > rheumy kept telling me that I was the boss and he > would put me on any drug I wanted to go on. Like I > should know!! He also ran no tests except blood > work so no wonder he didn't know what to do either! > Anyway, I am now going to go on methotrexate and I > am wondering if anyone has any advice as to how to > take it so as to avoid the well known pitfalls that > can happen (not necessarily will). Is it best on a > an empty tummy, morning or night?, with water or > some other liquid? Any advice or help will be > appreciated I assure you!!!!!! > Re Judee jokes---thanks so much for the Granny > Chrismas story. I laughed until I cried. It really > cheered me up. > Glenda: I would like to have a copy of Alice's > email please. Love to all. Dagny > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and > great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of > buying online with Shop@Netscape! > http://shopnow.netscape.com/ > > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account > today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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