Next stop Methotrexate

[D Foster]

Hi Liz, I was on MTX for 9 years, 6 on oral and 3 with injections. I did have side effects on the oral but not initially but towards the end of the 6 years they got really bad and then I went on to the injections with similar sort of results . MTX did work for me but never gave me above 80% clearance , as a drug it works OK for many people but has a bad reputation which in my opinion not really deserved as many of the other treatments can be as bad if not worse than MTX. Acitretin gave me bad side effects and cyclosporine was so bad I felt I was at deaths door but what works for one or the side effects that we have individually are not necessarily the same for others. All the best I hope you do well on it, for me by the way I saw results within the first 4 weeks.