I was diagnosed with Psoriatic Arthritis in June last year, and have been on Methotrexate and Prednisolone for a year now. I had a cold earlier this year and that turned into a chest infection, and now, 20 weeks later, I still have a cough. I saw my GP last week and he ordered a chest xray and lung function test, as he is worried about me possibly having developed Pulmonary Fibrosis. Has this happened to anyone else while they've been taking Methotrexate? Would anyone like to chat sometime about P.A. in general? My hubby of only two years must be getting sick of me complaining... It'd be nice to talk to someone who's going through something similar.
Has anyone developed Pulmonary Fibrosis while taking Methotrexate?
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- 25 Sep 2010 by jane3
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- infections, psoriatic arthritis, pulmonary fibrosis, methotrexate, prednisolone
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Anonymous 11 Oct 2010
I'm new to this site and only came by it when looking for side effects of prednisolone. I'm not sure of the PF but I was diagnosedwith PA in 2006-most likely had it longer though. I'm on prednisolone & sulfasalazine at the mo, I have my good and bad days-mostly bad. I came off metho over a year ago as me and my partner were talking of starting a family. Anyway, I would appreciate talking to a fellow sufferer. Until next time..
28 Nov 2010
Hi Jane3 my name is Rorie. I have just joined this site and can empathise with you. Good to hear your result was positive. I'm 39 and was diagnosed with Psoriatic Arthritis when I was 25. I investigated all my options at the time seeing several specialists and decided as a younger person that the potential side effects ( especially becoming sterile ) were not worth the risk. Almost 15 years later I have now been married for 4 years and have 3 children under three!! My condition has progressively gotten worse and I decided it was time for a new approach. Hence, It would be great to chat with you about methotrexate and prednisolone as I have only started taking them 1 month ago and wonder how you are feeling 1 year on?
Like you it would be nice to chat with people who are going through the same situation, thanks and I look forward to hearing from you and anyone else!
Rorie
23 Mar 2011
I was givin Methotrexate to help my Psoris's and was on it for 6 months .
While on the drug I devloped lung problems.I was dianosed with pulmonary fibrosis have been put on 24 hour home oxagen and have to use a mobility scooter to get around.The doctor said I would never get better but I stopped taking it before it killed me.I have had several x-ray and a cat csean and having gotten any worst in two year's.
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Hi. I'm also new to this site, so it was nice to have a response - thanks! I didn't end up having PF after all, so that was a relief. I guess I'm pretty lucky when compared to what I hear a lot of other PA sufferers go through. Not too keen on the Methotrexate, but I only feel a bit lousy the following day and don't really have any side effects. I always feel tired, but I suppose that's what an auto immune condition does to you... It's just so good to be up and around again, which I wasn't a year ago! Where is your arthritis mainly? Good lucky with trying to start a family - glad you went off the Metho!
My PA travels around constantly. My hands and top of neck the worst followed by my feet and knees. Suffer badly with headaches and earache through this too. I didn't like taking metho it was awful, towards the end I felt awful with it-the real bad headaches were the worst but if it works for you that's great. After all we are all different..
I was on mtx For almost 3 months with little to no help I have just took my second shot of Enbrel. And seen relief the next day. My pa is affecting head to toes. Knees and shoulders, ankles, back,neck being the worse. I would be in bed almost 18 hours a day needing a cane to get around. First injection did not make it the entire week. The swelling of the knees was returning and by the 7 day I could not wait to take second injection. Which that evening brought mild relief to my knees. It mildly Burns on injection other then that no real side effects just relief. It feels great to be able to get out of bed and be less strain on my family. And drop predisone being diabetic makes my blood sugar numbers sky rocket. I still take naproxen for knees. But will drop mtx next week. Surprisingly my p has not been helped that much scalp still bad.
God Bless,
Drinkglory