Hi anyone reading ☺
I had my first methotrexate jab on Friday (15mg) after years of being off any medication. Felt pretty misrable all day Friday and by Saturday I had developed a horrible dry cough. I have no other symptoms of a cold etc but the cough is driving me insane already. Its so violent I've thrown up twice and I haven't slept since Saturday. This morning I left a msg with the rheumatology helpline and I've tried to get a gp appointment (I was just told to try again tommorow at 8.30). Is it just bad timing that it started on the day after methotrexate or is it something related? I remember having a lot of chest infections last time I was on methotrexate but never just a cough on its own with no cold/mucus etc. Thanks in advance for any replies
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I read your other post and see you had meth previously. Was your chest checked out before you were put back on it? None of us can say whether your current cough is meth-related or just an unhappy coincidence. Certainly there have been some horrible coughs going round this winter causing awful coughs in normally healthy people. Personally I always stop my meth for a week or so whenever any cough, cold or bug strikes but I've been on it for 18 years with no problems.
Presumably you aren't due to take more meth for a week but you do need ro know what to do re your next dose.
I hope the nurse has got back to you but, whether or mot, I think you should talk to the GP again. Please keep in touch.
I'm sorry the nurse has not been in touch, there could be all kinds of reasons but it's bad that she hasn't been. One of my friends was a nurse in rheumatology (a popular one too because she had RA) and she used to get very fed up with patients who would ring the Helpline and say 'Hello, it's Linda, call me back please.' No surname, no hospital number, no phone number. There were at least twenty patients called Linda so should she have rung them all?
I am pleased that you are finally on the right road to recovery and I hope that things start to improve sooner rather than later. DD