I Want to Stop Methotrexate

[Forest Walker]

MTX can work well especially when taken by injection I was on it for many years, there's many other treatments that,in my opinion, are much worse than MTX. Cyclosporine for instance among others but Stelara which acts on interleukin 12 and 23 is extremely good but at the end of the day each of us are individually prone to different drugs so what works for one doesn't necessarily work for another.

Thank you, Dave.  

Way back in the long-ago days of my early Crohn's Disease, I recall reading about both methotrexate and cyclosporine, and I remember my gastroenterologist not being keen on either of these, saying the side effects were severe.  He was my good doctor for just about 20 years before he retired.  He had nearly convinced me to participate in a trial involving interleukins, but I was too fearful.  He did convince me to try Remicade and later Humira.  

So I was leary of starting methotrexate for this, but with my friend's husband tolerating it so well and reading about it here, I agreed to try it. 

It's heartening to know the injection is available and would remove the nausea.  I'm concerned the headaches will persist, though.  Being able to drink wine with dinner and a bourbon, now and then, would be nice, again.