Methotrexate - Side Effects?

[D Foster]

Hi welcome to the club ST, I was on MTX for nine years but the one thing to bear in mind that every treatment effects each individual in different ways .
When i started on it I was reasonable OK with tiredness the only real side effect and it did work both on the P and the PsA however it did effect my gut from the point of view of any food with a slight possibility of causing stomach problems such as cream,yogurt and food like coleslaw especially when it's been open for a day or so. It knocks out all the good bacteria in there so it's easy to have problems and because of this I was very careful what I had to eat , I was taking folic acid every day apart from MTX day.
It got quite bad gradually until at around 5 years ish I went on to MTX injections which made life much better and the MTX did work for me though the clearance was not 100% by a long way but eventually the side effects built up and by then Stelara had just come out on the market so my dermatologist put me on that which was a life saver.
I am 99% clear and though it's not the best for the PsA it does help quite a lot.