I spoke to a fabulous NHS pharmacist this morning who had been told to put me on MTX, and asked her this question. She couldn't answer it but she did agree that it seemed unwise to take methotrexate when I'm symptom free. So she has referred me back to the Rheumatologist for ultrasound investigation of whether i do or don't have active inflammation going on in my joints and so I can ask the question of a Rheumatologist. That'll probably take 2 months to happen, which will give the supplements more time to work. I've bought the test kit already to take another blood sample to get a third CRP reading which will tell me if the CRP is going up, down, or stable. Up, I'll take MTX, down I'll stick with the supplements, level, I'll do what the Rheumatologist tells me to do.

Apparently there are 1 million people in the UK on methotrexate but there's no doubt it's a nasty drug. Taking it for cancer to save your life is one thing. Having blood tests every 3 months for the rest of your life to take it when you don't have any symptoms, only blood markers, is quite another!