Methotrexate Questions (Page 5)

Reducing methotrexate after a water only fast combined with a restrictive diet?

I'm currently on methotrexate but have completed a 6 day water only fast and am currently on a very restrictive diet to see if I can snuff out this Rhuematoid arthritis. Is there any harm in backing off the meth to see if the pain is gone? If the pain is not gone, I would kick it back up to my... read more

I’m currently taking 25 mg of oral methotrexate. I just completed a six day water only fast and I...

... am eating a very clean diet plant-based. I’m hoping the combination of those two may have calm down my immune system. I’ve cut my methotrexate in half five days ago, I thought I would continue on this route for a few weeks to see if the pain comes back or if not. Is there any... read more

Is it harmful to take expired methotrexate?

Mother took metotrexate in shot form in september that the pharmisist gave her and the medicine had expired in may and she has not felt well in four weeks.

Can bacterial vaginosis be a side effect of methotrexate?

I am not sexually active but was just diagnosed with bacterial vaginosis. I have been taking methotrexate for approximately 8 months for Rheumatoid Arthritis. Is it possible that the bacterial vaginosis is a side effect of the methotrexate?

Does methotrexate cause low blood count?

my son is 10 yrs old his specialist call and told me to stop giving him his dose as his bloods came back low blood count

RA - Can I take Methotrexate and Remicade infusion on the same day?

I was so sick the day after doing this. I give myself the Methotrexate shot.

I miss my dose of methotrexate its been 48 is it safe to still take it this week?

Should I switch from prednisone to methotrexate because of the moon face & other cosmetic reasons?

I'm currently on 10 mg of prednisone and 200mg of hydroxychloroquine to control my RA. Its been working well to keep the RA in check but I'm beginning to look weird ... Moon face, fat ring around my neck, skin bruises easily or turns purple, n a bunch of other stuff which I still feel is... read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis - What are the side effects of weaning off methotrexate?

I have been on methotrexate 15 mg orally for 30 years for RA. Once stabilized on the med, I have had no flares. So my Doctor and I decided to wean off the drug. I reduced the dose to 12.5 mg weekly for 4 weeks, then 10 mg for 2 weeks when general body aches returned, but no joint flares. I am also... read more

Do you skip your weekly methotrexate if you had a yeast infection and took vaginal cream but are do?

Do you skip your weekly methotrexate if you had a yeast infection and took the vaginal cream but are done with it?

Polymyalgia Rheumatica sufferer?

I have been suffering from PMR for 4 years now. I was initially on prednisolone and have ended up on methotrexate (20mg weekly) via about 15 months of self injecting with tocilizumab. My ESR levels dropped to normal while taking tocilizumab but have risen again to 40 since the trial of tocilizumab... read more

Methotrexate and Bactrim together?

If I take my usual dose of methotrexate would it be safe to start Bactrim the next day?

How does cephalexin affect certain lab tests?

And, would the affected tests be part of a routine set of tests that my rheumatologist gets since I added methotrexate to Plaquenil for the management of my lupus/Sjögrens?