By: Heather

Thank God I have found this website!
I have just been diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis and I have so many questions about this rotten disease! I am taking methotrexate by injection and I am finding that I am having some side effects after having the injection and for a few days after….towards the end of the week it is getting easier but then I have another injection and the side effects start again. Nausea, extreme exhaustion, aching limbs (like the flue) and freezing cold. It takes about 3 days for the symptoms to ease off. Is this common with this drug? I do suffer with multiple chemical sensativities as well as fibromyalgia. I had been on
prednisolone for a long time as I have bronchiectisis and it wasn’t until I came off the prednisolone that my RA symptoms appeared (hands/wrists/feet and ankles) up until the time I came off the prednisolone my blood tests were negative. So, all of this has happened since coming off prednisolone. I cannot believe that it literally seem to blow up over night. I am a bit
apprehensive about the side effects I am getting from the methotrexate. Do these side effects
go away the longer that I am on this drug? Or will I just have to deal with these side effects??