Missed one week of methotrexate and feel awful
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Had to miss last weeks dose due to infectionFelt ok for 3 days,a bit sore yesterday but today feel as if I have been run over by a bus;in pain from neck to feet.Is this normal as I cannot believe how quickly pain has come back
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EileenH gillian_25383
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gillian_25383 EileenH
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gillian_25383 ptolemy
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Dave-California gillian_25383
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My rheumatologist identified that some of my symptoms developed from my preliminary long term steroid use and that methotrexate would assist me in maintaining a long taper, hopefully to zero with less pain, but definitely could not replace prednisone.
I’ve been on MTX at 25mg/week for the entire time that my prednisone taper is actively being reduced and I’m currently at 4mg pred. I think that there is some significant benefit from using a DMARD but I don’t think it replaces prednisone.
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gillian_25383 Dave-California
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pauline36422 gillian_25383
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i would have thought it would help. i am now down to 4.5. of pred...i have had 2 flares from day 1 3.5years. and wouldnt risk another. i am doing fine again so far. no pain. going down very slow. quater mg each drop. it will take time ,but i dont care as long as this horrible illness goes out of my system altogether.
all the best with yours
gillian_25383 pauline36422
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