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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / December 2005MTX side effects.
I find that I feel like hell some 18 hours after taking MTX and again some 36 hours after the same dose. This effectively knocks out two days. The rest of the time I seem to be doing a bit better. Any suggestion would be apprciated.  SignatureUsing Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ >I find that I feel like hell some 18 hours after taking MTX and again some >36 hours after the same dose. This effectively knocks out two days. The >rest of the time I seem to be doing a bit better. Any suggestion would be >apprciated. Mostly time it so that when you feel bad is when you are sleeping anyway. And drink a lot more water right after you take it. Jo >> I find that I feel like hell some 18 hours after taking MTX and again >> some [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Mostly time it so that when you feel bad is when you are sleeping anyway. > And drink a lot more water right after you take it. I think I can improve the timing. The irony is that on the whole I have a lot more energy and the day is longer. With the stiff joints I was ready for a nap by noon with this stuff I feel exhausted and sickly some days, but not sleepy. SignatureUsing Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ >I find that I feel like hell some 18 hours after taking MTX and again some >36 hours after the same dose. This effectively knocks out two days. The >rest of the time I seem to be doing a bit better. Any suggestion would be >apprciated. Ask your doc if you can try leucovorin rather than the folic acid. It is taken either 12 or 24 hours post mtx, and does help to control the fatigue. Rose @}>->-- Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB Please remove "Ima" to reply. >> I find that I feel like hell some 18 hours after taking MTX and again >> some [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > is taken either 12 or 24 hours post mtx, and does help to control the > fatigue. Thanks, I'll ask when I see him on Jan 3. SignatureUsing Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ Leucovorin does help me a bit, but not so much where the hair loss is concerned. Soon I will be bald at this rate, Char Char, try grape seed extract and also biotin. They do help with hair loss. Gwen > Leucovorin does help me a bit, but not so much where the hair loss is > concerned. > Soon I will be bald at this rate, > Char > > Char, try grape seed extract and also biotin. They do help with hair > loss. > Gwen My best friend is having hair loss problems and I told her about grape seed extract. What is biotin? And how much do you take of the grape seed extract? She said she saw it in the store but wasn't sure which dosage to buy. Carole Carole, I take 100 mg of grape seed extract (standardized) daily. Usually I only find 50 mg. tablets but found a bottle of 100 mg at Sam's the last time I was there. Nann is the one with information about biotin. I've never taken it. Gwen > Gwen Love wrote: >> Char, try grape seed extract and also biotin. They do help with hair >> loss. >> Gwen > > My best friend is having hair loss problems and I told her about grape > seed extract. What is biotin? And how much do you take of the grape > seed extract? She said she saw it in the store but wasn't sure which > dosage to buy. > > Carole Thanks, Gwen :) > Carole, I take 100 mg of grape seed extract (standardized) daily. Usually > I only find 50 mg. tablets but found a bottle of 100 mg at Sam's the last [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > > > Carole > My best friend is having hair loss problems and I told her about grape > seed extract. What is biotin? And how much do you take of the grape > seed extract? She said she saw it in the store but wasn't sure which > dosage to buy. > > Carole Biotin is actually a B vitamin, there is a bit in most multi-vits, at least those geared toward women who need more Bs anyway. My mom's derm told her to try it for splitting fingernails. Her words were "try one pill a day, if that doesn't take care of it, try two a day." She also told Mother that the stuff from specialty stores is usually better than stuff from discount stores. After I started taking it, I learned it is also supposed to be good for hair and hair loss. I recall Harv saying that his daughter had trouble with hair loss at some point and grape seed and biotin together did the trick for her. All that said, I used to take 1000-2000mcg per day of stuff from a vitamin store in Boston - dose varied with weather as winter is so drying and nails split more. Since moving from there, I've been taking 1500 mcg/day of Rexall brand fram WalMart, which has been working fine for me. YMMV SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare > Biotin is actually a B vitamin, there is a bit in most multi-vits, at > least [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Nann :-) Actually my sister told me her secret to help women that were loosing their hair in her shop where she cut and styled hair which she told me to help my daughter who was all stressed out and not eating right away at collage whose hair was coming out by the hand full. It worked too plus eating right. LOL Harv |
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