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I cannot tolerate methotrexate. Others RA patience swear by the drug. Not me. Pill form I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/199362/

I cannot tolerate methotrexate.

Discussion: Headaches Without A Name

Support Group: Chronic Pain

Posted: May 12, 2018

I’ve had two liver biopsies and am monitored regularly …still unable to find cause …but levels...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/949506/

10 yrs …even with the addition of Methotrexate

Discussion: PMR with normal blood markers

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 17, 2023

Hi @kristina8502, Welcome to Connect. You will notice that we moved your post to an existing...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/744708/

following discussion: -- PMR and Methotrexate ... connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/pmr-and-methotrexate

Discussion: PMR: Are there treatment alternatives to Prednisone?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 2, 2022

I haven't posted in a while. I stopped tapering Effexor about a month ago when I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/123957/

a month ago when I started taking Methotrexate ... Anyone who has had experience with methotrexate

Discussion: Tips on minimizing withdrawal symptoms from Effexor (aka Venlafaxine)

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Dec 20, 2018

I was diagnosed in 2015, but started on Prednisone in Aug. 2017. I started on Methotrexate...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/286726/

I started on Methotrexate around 4 months

Discussion: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): Meet others & Share Your Story

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jan 5, 2021

Methotrexate affects the kidneys when your kidneys are already not functioning well. Also are you on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1054169/

Methotrexate affects the kidneys when

Discussion: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) - Introduce yourself and meet others

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Apr 20 9:16am

My dr said nothing about actemra only methotrexate and kevzara. Can you provide a clearer picture...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1116427/

dr said nothing about actemra only methotrexate

Discussion: What justifies an increase in prednisone?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 2 10:31am

Hello, hopefully my small contribution might help. I was taking 10 mgs of methotrexate once a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/192802/

I was taking 10 mgs of methotrexate

Discussion: PMR and Methotrexate

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 4, 2019

My son-in-law has 4th stage liver disease from methotrexate used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. The rheumatologist...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/776965/

son-in-law has 4th stage liver disease from methotrexate

Discussion: Experience with Methotrexate?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Nov 24, 2022

I took methotrexate for a while and it did help. However, I started to experience pain...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/843827/

I took methotrexate for a while and

Discussion: PMR and Methotrexate

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 15, 2023

This is extremely I teresting. I was on methotrexate 10 years ago for APS (anti phospholipid...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/855697/

I was on methotrexate 10 years ago for

Discussion: PMR and Methotrexate

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 7, 2023

My only comment is with RA ( and OA) for over 35 years I have never...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1173396/

Also take methotrexate, Tylenol , IV

Discussion: Medication question

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Nov 14 11:31am

I tried methotrexate and could not tolerate it. I vomited most days. I am now on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/763168/

I tried methotrexate and could not tolerate

Discussion: Experience with Methotrexate?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 19, 2022

Isn’t psoriatic treated with same drugs as RA? Like Humira and Enbrel usually as entry biologic?...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1010370/

up to biologics after a trial Of methotrexate

Discussion: How do I get my Rheumatologist to listen ?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 5 8:00pm

Interesting about staying on methotrexate to avoid antibodies. I chased that for a year to stay...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1078081/

Interesting about staying on methotrexate

Discussion: "Evolution" of Seronegative RA into PMR

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 30 8:30pm

As I mentioned a while back I was diagnosed with collagenous colitis some years ago- microscopic...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/655232/

treated with weekly injections of methotrexate ... return and that I could then take oral methotrexate

Discussion: Microscopic Colitis: How to you keep it under control?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Nov 18, 2021

Sheralee Prednisone holds off the immediate pain of PMR disease. My rheumatologist is taking me off...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/845710/

prednisone gradually as she increases my methotrexate ... Methotrexate takes 3 to 6 months to

Discussion: PMR and Methotrexate

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 19, 2023

I'm not on Kevzara but I do take Actemra (tocilizumab) for PMR along with some other...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/855441/

Methotrexate didn't contribute much ... you will get off both prednisone and methotrexate ... Some doctors give methotrexate concurrently ... I had already tried methotrexate twice

Discussion: How did your PMR begin?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 6, 2023

Actually, it was just a few weeks. I guess it was quick because the medication, methotrexate...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/746976/

was quick because the medication, methotrexate

Discussion: New and undiagnosed

Support Group: Lung Health

Posted: Sep 8, 2022

I agree that methotrexate sounds scary. I have been on it for more than a year....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/831724/

I agree that methotrexate sounds scary