My Journey to halt/end my psoriasis

[Sheila]

I was on Methotrexate for around 10 years with the last three or so years on an injection. If you do go ahead with it try to get the injection rather than the oral tablet. The only real side effects I had was stomach upsets and that was with the tablets, it worked reasonable well for me though I didn't get complete clearance by a long way. When you're on the oral dosage I found that you had to be very careful what you eat, what I mean by that is anything that was even slightly off such as cream ,cheese in fact dairy products in general that looked okay but had probably stood for a while and was fine for everyone else could really upset your stomach in a big way. The injection was much better though you still can have a few problems with it but I had nothing major until I had been on it for around 10 years collectively.
Stelara, for me,was fantastic and apart from a little bit of psoriasis in my ears I was clear very quickly and I haven't looked back even again after getting on for many years now. Just to make another point, it's not wise to drink alcohol on MTX. Try it out and see how you get on you may be pleasantly surprised.

I don't drink. I use alcohol in marinades and in certain recipes like beer bread....or at least I used to until I laid off the gluten. I am gonna have to see how it reacts to rice flour and if I can get a decent bread out of that. Same thing with sourdough. I was heavy into the gluten as you can tell because a used to bake a tremendous amount.  Now, not so much. At least not until I can see how well rice flour will react in recipes. Cutting it out has greatly reduced my calorie/carb intake though and I am enjoying that experience. I rarely miss it at all. Again, I have to say I am concerned about the upset stomach issue. I can't afford to not be able to eat because of nausea. Ozempic has asserted itself and I commonly get upset stomach because I eat too much and I am only eating a saucer full of food per meal and sometimes not even that.  I owe a large amount of success in my weight loss in the lap of Ozempic. I am not sure I could handle a constant stomach upset. Anyways, I thank you for your input. I will certainly talk to the doc about the injections, though.