Horrid taste and sore palate on methotrexate. Anyone tried the other Dmards? Do they have the same?
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B een on methotrexate nearly 5 months - in the last month I've developed a horrid taste in my mouth - metallic etc - very sore hard palate and horrid smell on my body.
I may be put on one of the other pill Dmards and wonder if others have tried others and found they had the same horrid mouth/taste/smell side effects.
Do biologics have the same side effects re taste and mouth?
Any help would be great.
Thanks
T.
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debbie_39876 tamsin35585
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Hi, I'm on methotrexate but lowest dose alongside biological... I get the horrible taste and a bad cough... First biological worked great but I did get a lot of infections, that was Simponi... Started inflectra two weeks ago and so far just nausea... Talk to your dmard nurse or consultant... Do u take folic acid before or after the methotrexate??
ihavenonickname tamsin35585
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Hi
Each person's body reacts a bit differently...what is a bother for one person may not even be noticed by another person.
Your body's adverse reaction to one medication does not mean it will react in the same way to a different drug in the same class.
Many medications taken by mouth are also available in injectable form. Sometimes a reduction of the dose relieves the adverse reaction. Other times the solution is to take a lesser amount over more days...ask your physician.
kind regards
judith
lauraine33392 tamsin35585
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Hi Tamsin. I am on Mtx the higher dose and I had the same nasty almost metalic taste in my mouth and the pain was relentless. Even my teeth ached.
I went to my gp and she diagnosed sjogrens syndrome. I was prescribed lozenges and a spray to counteract the dryness.
Sjogrens can be a side effect of RA.
My eyes were gritty and dry too and this was also put down to sjogrens. I got given the drops. The symptoms were eased but apparently sjogrens can dry out internal organs so it's worth checking out with your gp.