Who else takes Methotrexate for RA?

I am happy to hea that MTX is helping stop the damage of RA. That's the most important thing there are ther drugs available seethe ink under RA patients at the top of the page for more infor. There is a plethora o information enabling RA patients to be more informed of the new drugs  I remember years ago there was not much that te docs could do to help us. 

Today so much progress has been made for treatments for RA. I have had 38 years and have been on Humira after MTX stopped working now for the past 5 years has made a big difference in my mobility.

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I was diagnosed about eight months ago andstartedt on oral MTX straight away.   The MTX did nothing and the RA got worse so the Rheumatologist put me on Sulfasalazine and changed the MTX to injections, still the RA got worse.   Next the Rheumatologist put me on Hydroxchloroquine, still no relief.   By this time the meds had made my BP go through the roof so he wouldn't introduce any more meds.   Couple of weeks and I should be able to start biologics, hopefully they will work.   For me, MTX has done nothing, the RA has spread to otherareas and I now have growths appearing in my joints and my lungs.   Hope it works for you , it hasn't for me. 

I take 15 mg sub q week after diagnosis 7 months ago.  I was having some hip pain though xrays showed mild osteo. Anti cpp was over 200 and + rh so meds began.  Hip pain is still present..taking celebrex for that.  My inflammatory labs are normal...always have been.  No side effects from mtx and dont have the slightest clue if it is helping.  No idea what I'm really supposed to be feeling.

I have a few side effects, but I'm on so many meds it's difficult to know which side effect I should attribute to which meds:   burning tears, swollen eyelids, high BP, dizziness, headaches and so on.   And then of course we have side effects from meds to combat te high BP!

Hmmmmmmm. ... The weariness and brain fog persisit. While the Methis helping, it is probably doing horrible things to the rest of me. I prtoested and went off "cold turkey" and felt fabulous for three weeks. I felt likemy old self.

Then the pains returned and I was back at square one. Now I am back on Meth inspite of the fact that it scaresme to death.

The pains are lessend after two weeks of Meth. I hope they discover somthing else before this chemo kills me. Good luck.

The weariness is the worst. I go to bed at 6pm until 6am. I get up, go to work, take an hour nap at work before I can drive home, eat a little, go back to bed. It 's not much of a life. I spend the weekends recovering from the stress of work and feel better by MOnday. By 1pm, the cycle repeats itself.  I hope and pray this can be turned around in time to help all of us.

I am one who has taken MTX in various doses for the last 11 years and so far, so good. For a while I injected it because of side effects. But for several years now I've been taking it orally without any problems i can identify.

So, take heart! All will be well!