Any options? RA

ou are just beginning treatment. . .tell you doctor, as maybe i'ts too high a dose for starting out. I didn't have that, but was just SOOOO TIRED, that I quit my adjunct teaching job-- and can't get those jobs back.

So before you stop, tell your doc. Maybe you need an antacid, too.

Good Luck

I inject MTX but it makes me incredibly nauseous so my Doc gave me Leucovarin Calcium tablets which are taken four hours after the injection, they have worked for me.

I am so sorry to hear you are struggling with Methatrexate. I am in the same position as you, I have been recently diagnosed and am on my 5th week of the drug. I dread taking it too, but this week, things changed slightly! I didn't feel as sick or dizzy! I am hoping this is my body getting used to the drugs... Hopefully this will happen for you.

FYI. My worst reaction was my 3rd week of taking it!

All the best.

Yes. You can also inject MTX. But give it a bit more time, it may settle.

Otherwise, tell your doctor you want to inject. You can do it yourself (1x week) once they've shown you how.

Use a small insulin needle, which is tiny and relatively unintrusive, and inject the fluid into the fatty tissue of your thigh or wherever they recommend.

That way you by-pass the stomach and all the problems that entails.

Good luck!

I started off with 7 pills once a week of methotrexate and folic acid. I was advised by my rheumatologist to stay home the day after I take the pills. I didn't get any side effects but my pain was not improving so it was switched to injection. I have been on antacid this whole time. I don't get the nausea and I attribute that to antacid. I do get the occasional dizzy spell and now I think I

know what foggy brain is (loss of train of thought). However I get drowsy and tired at the drop of a hat. I believe it's due to RA and the meds.

I alternate the shots from stomach to thighs. Avoid stretch marks and rub the area after. Sometimes I will get a crampy feeling on my thighs but otherwise just burning and that goes away.

I tried the metho for four weeks. Nausea, headaches, but the worst was the dizziness, lightheadedness, and flu like sysmptoms on the third day. The nausea got better, but the other stuff didn't. Rheumy took me off the meds. I've been on 5 mg prednisone for five months.

A week and a half after my last metho dose had a bad flair. The only joints not hurting were elbow and shoulders. Got into the doc and started leflunomide. No nausea. Been on it a week now so I can't tell if it is helping yet. But the swelling has gone down.