Injectable MXT question | Arthritis Information

Hello Everyone

I have a question to those of you taking injectable MXT what dose are you taking? I just went to the pharmacy to see if he had it and he said it only comes in 25 mg per ml I am only taking 7.5 mg. Is there a minimum dose for the injectable form? If so does any one know what it is? I got my first shot Thursday and now I am wondering what dose it was I assumed it was my 7.5 as that is what I have been taking but after talking to the pharmacist now I am not sure. I think it must have been higher because aside from the horrible headache I did feel a heel of a lot better. Thanks for your help and I hope you are all well and that you have a wonderful weekend.

Take care

Linda from NJ

rahrahbrick39353.7680208333The bottles come in a certain size and you simply withdraw what you need. if you get the type with preservative you can resuse the remainder with future injections

Linda, my methotrexate dose was recently reduced from 25 mg. to 20 mg due to elevated LFT. My vials are 50mg/2ml so I draw up 0.8 to inject and discard the rest, as it is preservative free. How many ml's are you injecting? If you're injecting 0.3 ml, then your dose is 7.5 mg.

< =text/>_popupControl(); Here is a chart that will show you how to inject and it also gives you the dosage in ml to mg form.

http://www.rheumbook.com/rheum_info/med_info/METHOTREXATE_IN JECTION_SHEET.htm

That chart is great.At the moment I take arava but if I have to go back on methotrexate i will have the injectable as i had too many side effects from the tablets.Liz, I haven't seen that site before, what an excellent teaching tool. Thanks for posting. Lindy

Thank you

That link was wonderful. I new if I asked you guys you would come through it was very helpful and informative. If did get my normal dose maybe I feel better because it was completely absorbed like the information said.

This was my first injection I have been taking 7.5 mg for several months and I was in the Dr's office on the day I take it so I thought I would try it. It was not as bad as Enbrel and I do think it worked better than the pills. I normally take Benadryl 45 before the pills and that helps with the headache and nausea I did not take the Benadryl and I did have the most awful headache the following day no nausea so I guess I will try it with the Benadryl next time. I have an appt Monday for my Remicade and I will look into changing my MXT to the injectable form thanks again for the info and advice have a great weekend.

Linda From NJ