worsening Psoriasis with folic acid - Patty plus changing MTX doses

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Patty asked is anyones psoriasis worsened with more folic acid: no mine hasn't

(and as I said I take 10 mg a week).

BUT. when I took only 20 mg MTX, I still had some skin problems, not really bad,

but still needing to buy special shampoo, and some minor skin problems. Once I

added in 10 mg Arava, my skin became 99.9% clear. My hair is a lot thinner

(could be either med, but I suspect the Arava as it got thinner after I started

taking the Arava as well).

My liver function was terrific while just on MTX, now I do have one enzyme

slightly raised (rheumy said this is common in combination of MTX and Arava),

but last test it came down again without changing anything.

I have fluctuated between 15 mg and 20 mg MTX, I was on 15 mg for a few months,

things got worse the last few weeks, so I have changed back to 20 mg. My rheumy

is happy with my changing as needed.

, I think I remember that you have alternated between 15 mg and 12.5 mg???

Is that right?

Anyone else vary their dose, or only like I have after a few months.

regards

max