Guest guest Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 Posie, One side effect I did have from MTX was tongue sores. Sort of like canker sores, but much more pianful and they didn't heal. My rheumy upped my folic acid to get rid of those, and it did. Something to watch for. Rie Message: 18 Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 18:25:50 -0000 From: " rosalieanne " <SANFORDRA@...> Subject: Re: question about Methotrexate side effects?? > Are you taking folic acid along with the methotrexate? It's a must. > Sierra Will discuss that with my doctor next Monday at my next appointment. I'm currently taking only 1 mg. Thanks! Posie in MI __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 Posie, I'm with on this one. My dr. had me taking 4 1mg tabs of folic acid every day (I usually split it 2 in the am and 2 in the pm) while I was taking 10 mg of methotrexate/week. Does that make sense? Like said, many dr.s are different on this. Rie Message: 3 Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 18:05:55 -0700 (PDT) From: john no_way <kentuckycowboy1@...> Subject: Re: Re: Posie & MTX --- followup hi posie , two tabs every other nite ?? umm mine has had me on two tabs every day except saturday the MTX day i think a lot of DRS are differant on that though i get tired a lot to but allways related it to the R/A as its so much worse when the pain is up . good luck later john ____________________________________________________ Start your day with - make it your home page http://www./r/hs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 --- In Rheumatoid Arthritis , Rie <ravencache@y...> wrote: > Posie, > I'm with on this one. My dr. had me taking 4 1mg > tabs of folic acid every day (I usually split it 2 in > the am and 2 in the pm) while I was taking 10 mg of > methotrexate/week. Does that make sense? Like > said, many dr.s are different on this. > Rie > Since I still feel tired the day after I take it I will ask her at my next appointment about increasing the folic acid to at least 2 day. I think she tends to be careful about presribing any more than I need. Posie in MI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 A sore tongue is a classic sign of folic acid deficiency. (I had that too, once.) Sierra > > Are you taking folic acid along with the > methotrexate? It's a must. > > Sierra > > Will discuss that with my doctor next Monday at my > next appointment. I'm currently taking only 1 mg. > > Thanks! > Posie in MI > > > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2005 Report Share Posted August 20, 2005 Instead of waiting till your next appointment why don't you just call to see if a change can be made sooner. God bless. Since I still feel tired the day after I take it I will ask her at my next appointment about increasing the folic acid to at least 2 day. I think she tends to be careful about presribing any more than I need.Posie in MI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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