METHOTREXATE SODIUM Reviews (METHOTREXATE SODIUM)Average Rating: 3.3 (383 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare METHOTREXATE SODIUM with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR METHOTREXATE SO | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | Psoriatic Arthritis | Minor cough which cleared after two weeks. | Had no notable side effects but also had zero effect on my arthritis (up to max dose of 20mg/Week). My regular blood tests have always been fine. I am now on MTX + Humira (which works very well) and am lead to believe that the MTX decreases the chances of my developing resistance to Humira and improves its effectiveness but I have no way of confirming this. | M | 33 | 15 months | 4/14/2009 | 1 | RA | Severe side-effects including, dizziness, and feeling of light-headness and going to pass out. Sick feeling all over, extreme fatigue and sleep disturbances, loss of appetite, anxiety, and developed a mouth sore...all this after only the second week on this horrible medication...this is not the answer. Shared side-effects with Doctor, he said there was something else wrong with me and he was only treating the RA and that none (right) of his patients that were on Methrotrexate had any of these side effects...and here is the kicker...these side-effects are listed on a hand-out he gave me. This man should not be practing medicine...he is clearly in denial and in bed with "Big Drug Companies." | Not the answer...because the wrong questions are being asked! | F | 61 | 2 weeks | 4/12/2009 | 2 | RA | Nausea, abdominal pain on the right side. Soars in the mouth. | There was improvement in symptoms of RA with Methotrexate, especialy after adding Remicade to the regiment. However, soon after I started experiencing a sharp pain on the right side of my abdomen. I asked the doctor, they did some test, and everything was "fine." I also developed soars in my mouth that I didn't have before. As of today, the enzyme levels of my liver are elevated a bit and my white cell count is low. The doctor lowered my med from 0.6ml weekly injection to 0.5ml weekly. My doctor still does not believe that the abdominal pain I experience is related. I now have to consider the quality of life vs. life? Will wait for results of my next test. | M | 35 | 7 years | 3/23/2009 | 4 | Psoriasic Arthritis and RA | Leg cramps, nausea, stomach aches, fatigue | When I started in October 2006 I felt like I had been run over by a train. I never knew what the side effects were so was very surprised to feel sooo bad. I am on 25 mg Methotrexate once a week (10 tablets) which I take on a Friday and then 25mg of Folic Acid on the Saturday. I have just collected Sulphasalazine which I will start this week but am very weary of the side effects as I will end up (after 4 weeks) taking 4 tablets a day (2000mg). The methotrexate has definitely helped my arthritis and 'working' through the side effects are worth it in the end. The leg cramps and nausea are the worst, but I WILL keep on going. | F | 48 | 2.6 years | 3/21/2009 | 4 | RA | Have been taking MTX for 2 years. I take 12.5 as a weekly shot and have had no side effects after the initial few weeks. Shots are easy and worth considering. | I have a mild case of RA and feel fine. Unfortunately, I've started getting bone erotions so will be starting Remicade in addition to MTX. I can't go higher on MTX because of liver problems with higher dosages. | M | 65 | 2 years | 3/17/2009 | 1 | Uveitis | Extreme fatigue, fuzzy minded, severe lack of energy, achy muscles | I take 10mg a week and 2 folic acid pills every day. Since upping my dosage I am finding it very hard to adjust. I have zero energy, insomnia although I am very tired, and my muscles really hurt to the touch. I hate this stuff but don't want to go blind so I have to continue it. Elevated liver enzymes at my last blood test and will be testing again in 5 days, if still elevated I am off of this stuff. | F | 42 | 7 weeks | 3/14/2009 | 5 | Crohn's Disease | None, except worsened hangovers. | This drug is a wonder drug! Have tried many others including corticosteroids, mesalazine, mercaptopurine, allopurinol etc. This is the only drug which keeps my symptoms under control without the nasty side effects of corticosteroids. I take 20mg/week and find I have very little trouble. I would reccommend to anyone who has tried other drugs but suffers from flare-ups. The only downside is having to limit your alcohol intake, but I still go for nights out - I just suffer from extreme hangovers if I over-do it | F | 20 | 6 months | 3/9/2009 | 4 | Rheumatoid Arthritis | Nausea on the day of taking the medication, Dizziness, Anemia, Heart Pulpultations. | Methotrexate is the only drug I've taken for my RA so far. I found it extremely hard to get used to. I generally feel really exhausted and this annoys me a lot as it encourages weight gain and essentially hurts my self confidence. Sometimes when i take the drug i feel sorta seedy and run down for one day, which is easily fixed by plenty of water and fresh healthy foods. It is also effecting my iron levels and i have to have regular iron infusions. | F | 29 | 16 months | 3/8/2009 | 4 | RA | First few months had nausea, upset stomach, fatigue and irritablility, but it didn't last too long. | I have been on this drug for a year, and I feel so much better. I had nausea and fatigue and irritablility for a few months at first, but as my system got used to it, that started to subside. I just started Plaquenil this week, because my sed rate is going back up, so hopefully there won't be too many side effects. Hopefully the two drugs added together will do the trick! | F | 28 | 1 years | 2/12/2009 | 3 | Uveitis | Slight nausea, fatigue | I have only had 2 doses so far, 7.5 mg a week and 1 mg folic acid daily. The very first time I took it was the worst day for the nausea and fatigue. I dosed last night and only felt queasy for 2 hours today and did not have the bad fatigue. Just worried that my hair will fall out!! | F | 41 | 2 weeks | 2/10/2009 | 4 | RA | hair loss, loose stool, wounds won't heal | Also taking 5 mg of Prednisone daily, along with 2.5 mg Methotrexate @ 6 pills 1 day per wk. Although it has allowed use of my hands again, I can't seem to heal any scratches, etc. on my forearms. Rash looking & itchy...anyone else experience this? | F | 51 | 360 days | 2/2/2009 | 4 | some hair loss, itchy eyes, slight bleeding of the gums | F | 62 | 1.7 years | 1/22/2009 | 2 | RA | Nausea. I hated the way this drug made me feel. | I quit taking this because it didn't seem to help and I didn't think the side effect was worth it. | F | 49 | 3 years | 1/15/2009 | 2 | Psoriatic arthritis/Psoriasis | malaise, stomach uspet including loose stools/dirrhea especially if i have a glass of alcohol, nausea, dizziness, hot flashes, acne the first couple weeks, and i think depression&irritablity | my doc said it would take about 3mths to know for sure if it works. thought it was starting to work for the PA in my knees and back but feels like my body is getting used to the 10mgs/wk now. A flare just started so have sausage toes now. uping to 15mg next week so we'll see. starting to feel more dizziness and i think i'm getting very depressed and irritable from the meds. prone to depression but the chronic pain was making me depressed anyways. was fatigued to begin with so i'm sure the meds don't help. we'll see how it goes. i'll write another review in a month. | F | 31 | 1 months | 12/29/2008 | 4 | RA | It brought my sed rate down a lot but the side effects of being sick to my stomach and nauseous all the time made it not worth it. | I had to take 12 pills a week and I stuck with it for six months. But I was vomiting all the time and I had no life. The only good thing was that because I couldn't stay on that drug, I was able to get enbrel. | F | 43 | 6 months | 12/15/2008 | 2 | PA | tiredness, generalised weakness, nausea, vomiting, headaches | this drug has barely worked for me, I notice a slight difference when I forget to take it but not enough for the side effects, and have to still take the NSAIDs everyday. I lost a LOT of weight, which Im not sure is a good or bad thing! am due to start etanercept any day. | F | 22 | 9 months | 12/12/2008 | 5 | RA | loss appetite,stomach problems.there both just happend when I take the medicine day. | I have had RA for 20 years and have taken methotrexate for 14 years.I take 7.5mg METHOTREXATE once a day.I also take Folic Acid everyday.and LEFLUNOMIDE once a other day.I feel all medicine didnt help 100% for my RA. But I have my life back.I do worry pulmonary fibrosis and andhepatocirrhosis happend someday.I had knees replacement two years ago. | F | 44 | 14 years | 11/18/2008 | 4 | Rheumatoid arthritis | Numbness around eyes. Tiredness on day I take it. | F | 60 | 8 months | 11/12/2008 | 1 | mctd- RA | I had terrible nausea and anorexia. My stomach pain never ended. It lasted the entire time I was on the drug. Also had terrible anxiety that never quit until I stopped the drug. I was very close to wanting to drive off a cliff it was so bad. | I took if for a total of 7 months and it never made my symptoms any better but I had terrible side effects. Wish it would have worked for me. | F | 37 | 7 months | 11/4/2008 | 3 | SJOGREN'S SYNDROME | So far, just Fatigue. I started last Tuesday night with only a single 2.5 mg pill due to my not reading the directions on the bottle. But this tuesday I took the 4 pills, which is 10mg, and today is Thursday, and I'm still so tired I feel like my eyes are sunk to the back of my head. My throat feels a little sore. Otherwise, no problems. But, I have to say, I stuff myself with pasta or pizza right before taking the pills. That might make a difference. I think since I'm missing work this way, I'm going to wait till Friday night to take it, since I have weekends off. That way I won't miss so much work! It hasn't changed any symptoms of the Arthritis yet, but I'm just starting. | I'm assuming I won't lose my hair since I am only taking 10mg. I don't have bad, bad symptoms of sjogrens...so I shouldn't need large doses. Since taking MTX, I have noticed bruised feelings in the salivary glands. I don't know if that's from KILLING the disease or what? ????? | F | 46 | 2 days | 10/9/2008 |