Diagnosed last week

KellyC

Good afternoon

I was diagnosed with RA last week and took my first dose of methotrexate on Wednesday, could anyone let me know how long the side effects last for and will they get better with each dose I take please.

PeterJ

Hello @KellyC and welcome to the community. We are a friendly and supportive group and I hope that that will be your experience as well.

I understand that you have recently been diagnosed with RA and prescribed methotrexate. Our website contains a lot of useful information and I would recommend having a look around it. To help you I've put a couple of links in below which you may find of use.

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/treatments/drugs/methotrexate/

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/conditions/rheumatoid-arthritis/

Please do keep posting and let us know how you are getting on and I am sure that others will connect with you to share their thoughts and experiences as well.

With very best wishes

Peter