How much methotrexate?
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Just curious how much is a "normal" dose of methotrexate on a weekly basis for auto ammune? My dose has been slowly increasing and they want to go higher, right now I'm at 20mgs and I feel horrible with the bowel symptoms which I'm sure is because of my IBD. But phernegan helps with the nausea and the tiredness gets better by Mon, then I have to turn around and repete it all again on Wed. They still are up in the air as to why I have this rash on my stomach, chest, and back but its been almost 9 months now and it gets red hot like a sunburn off and on, itches but never goes away. The plaquenil for my inflammatory arthrits has helped it, but rash and joint pain with muscle weakness and pain is hopefully going to improve with metho...so my question is how high will they go and do the side affects get worse as we go up?
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I too have an auto immune disease and I currently take 10mg once a week and they will be steadily increasing me to 20mg. Sickness and tiredness are my main issues. I have been taking it for about 12 weeks now and I am considering an injection instead. I have been told they can't do anything about the tiredness.
I wish you well; it's not much fun is it?
Ali
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