Anyone develop tension headache from MTX?

[Guest guest]

Thank you all for your encouragement regarding the injection! I'm still

nervous but I'm sure once I'm shown how I'll be fine. It's more

convenient than going in every week.

This last week I've had a tension headache that I can't get rid of.

Tried Motrin and a heat pad nothing seems to work. The first couple

days I thought maybe I was coming down with a cold or sinus problem but

nothing happened just this headache.

[Guest guest]

Hello , lately I have been getting headaches from my MTX. I used

to get them from Enbrel, but now I take MTX and Humira. Usually for my

headaches I take a nap or I take Tylenol. Either way you should contact

your rheumy. I am going to be contacting mine this week.

[Guest guest]

Hi -

I usually had a headache while I was taking MTX injections. It worked

well on my arthritis, but I had low grade to moderate headaches for a

few days after dosing. I also had problems with nausea and pretty bad

vomiting, so I think I was just VERY sensitive to it. It's a shame,

because the injections are pretty much painless, it's cheap, and it

worked really well.

I think most people find these side effects go away within a few weeks

or so of stabilizing your dose. Hopefully this will be the case for

you as well.

Good luck;

Jill

[Guest guest]

I use Excedrin Tension Headache formula - which is basically Tylenol but with

caffeine added. Double blind studies have shown that Tylenol works much better

when caffeine is added and I can attest to that. I could take a whole bottle of

Tylenol and it wouldn't help a thing. A little over a year ago was in the

hospital with an infection (before my PA so had nothing to do with the

biologics) that caused a temp of 103 and, of course, an awful headache. They

kept giving me Tylenol because that's what hospitals use. Finally, the headache

was so bad I got in my purse and took a couple of the Excedrin Tension Headache

formula and within one hour, my temp was down and my headache gone. Nothing

else helps get rid of my headaches and I've always had them a lot but am getting

them more now that I'm on enbrel.

Joanna Hoelscher

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