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Sun-23-10-2016, 21:36 PM
Hey everyone ?
So .. I have been taking methotrexate since around the 21st of July and have only gone up by 5mg's ? My Derm is completely useless ! I started on 5mg for around 4 weeks and the for the remainder I have been on 10mg's . Side effects are fine to be fair ?
My problem is it's not working .. not even a little ! In fact if anything it's getting worse . I spoke to my derm as I have an appointment on the 31st of this month and told her I'd took 15mg's last week instead of the 10 they had prescribed me and why .. she wasn't happy ! She said that if they increase they only increase at 2.5mg's a time and appointments to get that are 12 weeks apart !!! Think where they have kept me on a low dose for so long my body has maybe just got used to it and now a few patches that had started to calm a little have gone back to how they were with extra bits added and my scalp is worse than ever ?
Really not sure what to do .. part of me thinks stuff it and come off .
They won't consider anything apart from acitretin ( already tried that and didn't like it at all ) or ciclosporin ( majority don't seem to clear on that and it's quite harsh at 1st so quite unsure on that one too ) help ?
So .. I have been taking methotrexate since around the 21st of July and have only gone up by 5mg's ? My Derm is completely useless ! I started on 5mg for around 4 weeks and the for the remainder I have been on 10mg's . Side effects are fine to be fair ?
My problem is it's not working .. not even a little ! In fact if anything it's getting worse . I spoke to my derm as I have an appointment on the 31st of this month and told her I'd took 15mg's last week instead of the 10 they had prescribed me and why .. she wasn't happy ! She said that if they increase they only increase at 2.5mg's a time and appointments to get that are 12 weeks apart !!! Think where they have kept me on a low dose for so long my body has maybe just got used to it and now a few patches that had started to calm a little have gone back to how they were with extra bits added and my scalp is worse than ever ?
Really not sure what to do .. part of me thinks stuff it and come off .
They won't consider anything apart from acitretin ( already tried that and didn't like it at all ) or ciclosporin ( majority don't seem to clear on that and it's quite harsh at 1st so quite unsure on that one too ) help ?