Will be starting on methytrexalate
Hi everyone - after exhausting all topicals (all worked for awhile and then P would laugh at their feeble attempts and get worse), I was referred to the derm clinic at University of Michigan. They want to put me on methytrexalate (starting Oct 16) - my first oral/systemic med. Excited, but also a little nervous about the drug. While I am aware of side effects and all that other stuff, do any of you have any practical words of wisdom on this treatment?
Thanks for all your help - I do love this community. Jane
Thanks for all your help - I do love this community. Jane
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Permalink Reply by Cindy Foe on -
Hey there Jane!!!!!....I have been on metho two times...the first time i was 19ish.....I didnt see any change in my psoriasis so my derm at the time decided to take me off it...The last time I took it was this time last year...I took it for a few months and it did not agree with my system at all...it made me very ill and all my hair fell out and i couldn't seem to stay well in way of infections and such....Thats just me though.....I know two people that are one it and have been for a long time...they have no side effect and it works wonders for their psoriasis....thats one huge thing that stinks about this disease...what works for one don't work for everyone...Good luck...I know you are extremely excited about starting a new drug...we all are when we are given hope that there is something else that may give us hope and may put our psoriasis in remission....Make sure to go to all of your follow up appointments and do all your follow up blood work when they schedule it....Please let us all know how you are doing on the methotrexate!!!!!
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Permalink Reply by Jane Lacher on -
Cindy Foe said:Hey there Jane!!!!!....I have been on metho two times...the first time i was 19ish.....I didnt see any change in my psoriasis so my derm at the time decided to take me off it...The last time I took it was this time last year...I took it for a few months and it did not agree with my system at all...it made me very ill and all my hair fell out and i couldn't seem to stay well in way of infections and such....Thats just me though.....I know two people that are one it and have been for a long time...they have no side effect and it works wonders for their psoriasis....thats one huge thing that stinks about this disease...what works for one don't work for everyone...Good luck...I know you are extremely excited about starting a new drug...we all are when we are given hope that there is something else that may give us hope and may put our psoriasis in remission....Make sure to go to all of your follow up appointments and do all your follow up blood work when they schedule it....Please let us all know how you are doing on the methotrexate!!!!!
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Permalink Reply by Jane Lacher on
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Thanks Cindy!
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