Hi everyone,
My son is 7 and was diagnosed with JIA 2 years ago. At present both
his knees and his right wrist are affected. He is currently taking
10ml of Ibruprofen four times a day. He had steroid injections/fluid
draining in January which didn't help for very long. His
rheumatologist thinks we should now try weekly doses of Methotrexate
but looking up the side effects of this drug it really worries me. I
don't know whether to try the draining/steroids again to see if this
helps or start Methotrexate. He had a general anaesthetic for the
draining/steroids and was very frightened by the whole thing. Is
anyone else's child taking Methotexate and if so, how have you found it?
Many thanks for your help.
Sarah
Hi im 16 with severe JRA in all my joints, im on MTX, i have been for two years now. At first i had bad side effects, the day after i would be nauseous, headachey and lethargic so after 6 mths with no improvement my doctors put me on the injection form of mtx, at first i was like no way but with the injection there are no side effects and they can put you on a higher dose. My arthritis got worse though so i am on a stronger drug and i have the mtx tablets again but with no side effects. Not all people get the side effects but for me at the time anything was better than how i was with my arthritis being so bad. So if you are concerned with it, you could talk to your doctors about the injection or you could give the tablets a go and if your son has bad side effects then you could ask about the injection.
Hope this helps :)
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