went to see my specialist yesterday and what a strange man !!!!! well the weirdo has decided to start me on methotrexate injections once a week never heard of it myself, has anyone else? he also spotted that i have clubbed fingers had never really noticed before . but back to injections have to see the rheumatology nurse about it, finding it all very odd, especially after having no treatment at all, because couldn't take entocourt or pentassa ( last had any meds 2 years ago) am going to see somebody a surgeon about gallstones coz am fed up with fat free diet and pain and nausea when i lapse  oh well !! so please any one know anything about this stuff!!! !!!!!

I am assuming the Methotrexate will prescribed for Rheumatoid Arthritis.  It seems to be pretty much a 'standard' treatment for that now, but in addition to other medications, not to replace them.  It can be oral tablets or injections. The injections help with the gastrointestinal side effect of nausea.  Only about 1 out of 3 people with RA really respond well to it.   You absolutely should not have alcohol with this medicine because of the effects on the liver.  Combining methotrexate and Enbrel, both of which affect the disease mechanism in addition to improving its symptoms, is more effective than either one alone.  And usually the earlier the treatment the better.  
I have never taken it, but it is primarily a cancer drug.  I know several people taking it though.   Hope this helps

hi have heard about it for r.a but have found articles about it being used for inducing remission in crohn's so not sure whats going on really my g.i. man has admitted to having some mental health problems ie agoraphobia and doesn't like people very much especially if there is more than about 5 odd man indeed

have started the damn stuff and have yet to see r.a nurse  and yup its to put crohns in remission i gather becoming more popular for our complaint, district nurse showed up yesterday and showed me how and i gave my first weekly dose myself very odd.know very little about this stuff except i have to have regular blood tests , feel a little bit squeezy but here goes as they say still waiting for ra nurses appointment as my G.I man forgot to make one with her mad b'$%£*& that he is

hello again missed yesterday having probs with joints and couldnt type very well due to the extreme damp clubbed digits giving me a hard time to as find am still hitting wrong keys and seem to spend more time with the delete key lol  so on with the heading feel fine as in no squeezys which is great  not doing anything for crohns yet but have been told can take up to 3 months to feel any effect, so will look like a collander oh well, am having a bad crohns day hobbling back and forth to the loo,but hey ho normal  as per.... am going to have a, cuddle my heat pad and sulk under a quilt watching the box day me thinks so ttfn

YOUR DRUG SOUNDS SUSPICIOUSLY LIKE AZATHIOPRINE. USED TO SUPPRESS IMMUNE SYSTEM, NEED REGULAR BLOOD TESTS, 3 MONTHS TO WORK ETC. ALSO USED FOR TRANSPLANT PATIENTS AND CANCER.......SCARY!!!

Methortrexate is usually tried if you can't tolerate Azathioprine (which I couldn't)

have only tried pentassa and entocourt which i couldn't tolerate, then left for 18 months with diet only all this during a flare up, so rather think this is over kill as he said it has got a lot worse up there, more ulcers and stricture  even bigger(smaller or narrower)?? not sure how to say it . But some good news have finally got the appointment through to see the nurse about the methotrexate (should have seen her first before starting the stuff) 2/12/09 tuesday at least i can ask her a few questions as district nurse who came round had never given it to crohns paitents before and knew next to nothing about it , except it can make you feel icky, even my first one i had to give myself she just watched! oh well......... but feel better today think today is a pretty goodish day at least i don't feel as tired or squeezy so here goes  to attempting to get out of the house, first time in 2 weeks  G.P tomorrow so can have a moan at him aswell he's great like that