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Hi Smegs welcome to the forum , you will find that we are a friendly bunch of barmpots but quite safe .
I was on MTX for over 9 years , 6 years by tablets at 25mg and 3 years + by injection at 25mg then 20mg .
I always took the folic acid before the MTX not after mind you when I first started on it I took folic every day except on the MTX day , the side effects that you are having are fairly normal ,it sounds like that you are having indigestion from the MTX . Try taking the folic acid the day before you take the MTX to see if that improves it a little.
MTX can cause all sort of side effects and everyone can handle it differently but you may get it settling down over a period of time so persevere just be careful what you eat/drink. Alcohol should not be drunk while on MTX and I found that stimulants like caffeine could also be a problem , it will lower your resistance to all sort of things including your gut to bugs, I was always careful regarding anything that could contain bugs such as cream/dairy products .
I think that MTX is quite a safe drug though some on here will disagree and it can work reasonably well especially if you have PsA as well but just experiment with what you eat to see if that will improve it.
I was on the tablets for 6 years and the side effect got to much so I went on to injections which improved the side effects but they slowly came back over the next 3+ years and so I am now on Stelara which is fantastic in fact in the very long time I have had P it is the only thing that has cleared me or 99.9% clearance. MTX does have a reputation for side effects but then again all the other treatments also have their share of side effects .
Dave
I was on MTX for over 9 years , 6 years by tablets at 25mg and 3 years + by injection at 25mg then 20mg .
I always took the folic acid before the MTX not after mind you when I first started on it I took folic every day except on the MTX day , the side effects that you are having are fairly normal ,it sounds like that you are having indigestion from the MTX . Try taking the folic acid the day before you take the MTX to see if that improves it a little.
MTX can cause all sort of side effects and everyone can handle it differently but you may get it settling down over a period of time so persevere just be careful what you eat/drink. Alcohol should not be drunk while on MTX and I found that stimulants like caffeine could also be a problem , it will lower your resistance to all sort of things including your gut to bugs, I was always careful regarding anything that could contain bugs such as cream/dairy products .
I think that MTX is quite a safe drug though some on here will disagree and it can work reasonably well especially if you have PsA as well but just experiment with what you eat to see if that will improve it.
I was on the tablets for 6 years and the side effect got to much so I went on to injections which improved the side effects but they slowly came back over the next 3+ years and so I am now on Stelara which is fantastic in fact in the very long time I have had P it is the only thing that has cleared me or 99.9% clearance. MTX does have a reputation for side effects but then again all the other treatments also have their share of side effects .
Dave