Health Boards
Thu-10-09-2015, 10:30 AM
Hi Jerry!
In the UK, you normally take your dose of 4 (or 6 or 8, depending how much you need) every week continuously. You take folic acid at least once a week, and get regular blood tests to check liver ok etc. I was on it over a year, some are on it for many years.
If your skin becomes clear and you decided to give it up, I guess some people don't have a return of psoriasis. My skin never became completely clear on it.
If you decided to come off mtx, you usually stop very gradually, and take fewer tablets each week to minimise the chance of psoriasis returning.
In the UK, you normally take your dose of 4 (or 6 or 8, depending how much you need) every week continuously. You take folic acid at least once a week, and get regular blood tests to check liver ok etc. I was on it over a year, some are on it for many years.
If your skin becomes clear and you decided to give it up, I guess some people don't have a return of psoriasis. My skin never became completely clear on it.
If you decided to come off mtx, you usually stop very gradually, and take fewer tablets each week to minimise the chance of psoriasis returning.