Meth

[kevinallen]

Hello, I was off all pills and treatment and was in remission for 8 months and then my doc said he wanted to start me on meth for a year. I have now been taking for about 3 months and dont know if I want to continue taking, any thoughts

[pberggren1]

Is your doc a Wegs expert?

[NikkiNicole]

As a law enforcement professional, I have to admit, I read this as methamphetamine, not methotrexate. I've been on MTX for awhile now .. for me, there's no improvement thus far but ... every case is different.

[pberggren1]

Same here Nikki......lol

[kevinallen]

Haha oops lazy speller. Yes he is an expert, or as close to an expert as I can get. He said i would take it for a year and then be drug free again, but it just sucks because i hate taking pills

[Wegetarian]

Yeah, me too...

Don't do meth dude... Just look at what it did to our beloved R2D2




I'm on methotrexate though, different drug Did I understand correctly that you were completely in remission and your doc wanted you to start using MTX for no reason at all? I mean you aren't too specific in your post.

Man I write long posts without having anything to comment. I hope you like R2D2 though

[pberggren1]

If your doc treats many Weggies then I would go for the meth.

[Debbie C]

That's funny ,my eyes went wide open when I saw your doc wanted you on meth. I am also in remission and going to start weaning off the pred soon, but if you and your blood work were fine, I sure as heck wouldn't take it. Did you ask him why and how much are you taking?

[drz]

As a law enforcement professional, I have to admit, I read this as methamphetamine, not methotrexate. I've been on MTX for awhile now .. for me, there's no improvement thus far but ... every case is different.

I too got a chuckle out of the meth post but also agree the abbreviation of MTX is better way to refer to our meds.

[kevinallen]

Ha the r2d2 picture is great! Ahh yes mtx does sound better, kinda reminds me of mountain biking ha. But yes, i was in a complete remission for 8 months and he said my blood work looked absolutely perfect, but then he said since i initially had a very bad outbreak that he wanted me to take it, and he said its nothing he wouldnt take if he was in my position. i just hate to use a drug when I feel perfectly healthy, but he said with the unpredictability of the disease it would be smart to take ittake it. I am taking 20 mg a week. Sometimes i feel like it fatigues me but I always work hard so I dont know.