Astra
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Hiya everyone,
I wrote in the Methotrexate forum that my consultant had put me on this cos he reckons the Humira isn't 'getting through', so to speak.
I researched quite a bit about this med, and found out that it's similar to azathioprine, an immuno suppressant. And I was scared about taking it. I reacted quite badly to aza and 6mp. I was panicking about nausea and vomiting, and read about taking it on a full stomach which could sometimes reduce or exacerbate vomiting etc.
Anyways, I found a tip on a RA forum about MTX. And it worked. Methotrexate is commonly used for RA, sometimes with a biologic.
I'm on 25mg, 10 lots of 2.5mg tabs, and decided to take it at evening time.
The lady on the RA forum said to eat some food, then a tablet, then food etc.
I had scrambled eggs and toast, and did this, some egg, some toast, a tablet, water, some egg, some toast, a tablet, til all 10 were gone.
And then I waited.
And nothing, I felt drowsy, and that's it!!
Slept very well and woke up refreshed, phew!! Hope this helps someone, xxx
I wrote in the Methotrexate forum that my consultant had put me on this cos he reckons the Humira isn't 'getting through', so to speak.
I researched quite a bit about this med, and found out that it's similar to azathioprine, an immuno suppressant. And I was scared about taking it. I reacted quite badly to aza and 6mp. I was panicking about nausea and vomiting, and read about taking it on a full stomach which could sometimes reduce or exacerbate vomiting etc.
Anyways, I found a tip on a RA forum about MTX. And it worked. Methotrexate is commonly used for RA, sometimes with a biologic.
I'm on 25mg, 10 lots of 2.5mg tabs, and decided to take it at evening time.
The lady on the RA forum said to eat some food, then a tablet, then food etc.
I had scrambled eggs and toast, and did this, some egg, some toast, a tablet, water, some egg, some toast, a tablet, til all 10 were gone.
And then I waited.
And nothing, I felt drowsy, and that's it!!
Slept very well and woke up refreshed, phew!! Hope this helps someone, xxx
