appetitite on methotrexate

kezzad

i started taking methx a few months ago and am on 20mgs (for RA) does anyone find that your appetite suffers as mine has really suffered the since i started taking it and it is all the time not just the day/day after i take methx. have found i have lost quite a lot of weight and struggle to eat 3 meals a day. docs dont seem to be concerned even though ive lost a stone in a month or so. (i weigh just under 8st now). im really trying to eat as much as i can as i know it will help e get better and stronger but its so hard! maybe just because im not half as active as i used to be...??
Thanks
K

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Hi
i have only started metho a month ago so cant really say, but i do feel a bit sick the day after so dont feel like eatting much.
i have lost abit of weight since being diagnosed with RA (about 4mts now) but i think thats just cos i worry about it and not cos of any of the drugs.
maybe ask the nurse next time you go sometimes they take more notice.
are you feeling down at the min?, that always makes it differcuit for me to eat if my mood is low.
i hope you start to feel better soon
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