I am in my twenties and have recently started taking methotrexate to treat my arthritis and I have to take 8 pills a week. I have a really hard time swallowing pills, it usally takes me an hour and a half and makes me feel sick. I have tried every thing to swallow them easier, but nothing works. Is it better to take methotrexate injections. Do they hurt. I don't know what to do.
2007-10-28 18:22:32 · 0 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
This was the reason they decided to invent Methotrexate injections. Explain this to your Rheumatologist and ask him/her if you can switch to the injection.
2007-10-29 08:47:51 · answer #1 · answered by gillianprowe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was on methotrexate to help treat my cancer but it was through IV so I don't know what the pills are like. If they're too big you can probably split them in half so they go down easier. (unless they're capsules of powder). And I had to take steroids to help with the medicine, and I learned if they're unbearably nasty tasting, eating a starburst (the candy) right after the pill will take care of the taste pretty well.
2007-10-28 18:41:18 · answer #2 · answered by Kayla H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋