I forgot to take my methotrexate last night. Would it be okay to take it ater lunch today? Then will I be able to go back to my regular Friday schedule?
You've all had a lot more experience with this than I have so I would appreciate your replies.
Dotty
sure
take it now. dont worry about it
take ityup. MTX is very "forgiving" about being taken at a different time or day than your schedule.
Again, thanks.
I think if you forget for several days or maybe the night before your next scheduled dose, you realized you forgot, then you DONT take it, and wait for your next scheduled dose day. But 24-48 hours late, I believe is fine.
My doc said to try to keep to the same schedule, but if I occasionaly need to change the day, i.e., going from a Thursday night to a Friday night that's okay. He said do not bounce around, find what works and stick with it. His rule of thumb was 24 hours it could be changed without a problem, beyond that he said not to.
All doctors are different....but I go along with the "take it".
Becky took her first dose of MTX last night and her rheumy said if we forget it/have a special occasion and reason to miss it etc, to take it at the next available opportunity, then work backwards to the original day of taking it over the next few weeks, one day at a time ie no LESS than 6 days in between. So if she normally takes it on a Friday, has a hectic weekend and takes it instead on the Monday, the next week should be the Sunday, the following week the Sat, then back to Fri by the following week. He also said missing a whole week on occasion would be OK, eg holidays etc - did I really want to go through the hassle of getting syringes and drugs through the airports...Seems to be a forgiving drug in this way then, fitting in with our lifestyles?
Missing 1-2 days is no biggie. I have never heard of a doc saying that a week is ok tho. Amazing how all of our docs do things so differently.