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Title: methotrexate? MG's
Post by: kellyptyler on October 02, 2010, 09:18:12 AM
what is your dosage of methotrexate?
I posted this incase you don't look at the one I posted about hair.
Title: Re: methotrexate? MG's
Post by: lori on October 02, 2010, 03:31:22 PM
currently taking 4 pills a week. ( 10 mg) i think rhuemys goal is to get me up to 6 per week.

lori
Title: Re: methotrexate? MG's
Post by: kellyptyler on October 02, 2010, 06:10:30 PM
did you lose any hair?
Title: Re: methotrexate? MG's
Post by: lori on October 03, 2010, 04:07:19 AM
good question. see im growing my hair out- its now almost shoulder legnth but forthe past 20 years its been super short- spiked!!! sooo  now i notice hair on my shirt and wheni comb it... but my hairdresser says thats normal taht we lose a ton of hair each day- she said i never nioticed beofe becaseu i kept it so short and becuase i cut so often,...
so im trying to figure the same thing out!!!

but no, its not comingout in chuncks- just shedding more than i  used to but again it may be becuase i never noticed before- i had very little hair!!!!

:) lori
Title: Re: methotrexate? MG's
Post by: proudmom on October 03, 2010, 04:56:54 PM
I am currently taking 7 pills a week. I am not loosing any hair at all, it really seems to be growing more.

Proudmom  :)
Title: Re: methotrexate? MG's
Post by: eyeamdry on October 03, 2010, 05:13:47 PM
I am on 6 pills a week and have been for 3 or 4 years.  Ahhhh-hair.  Well I also take plaquenil and a bunch of other meds.  I normally have thin and fine hair.  I swear my hair is thinner, but I must admit I've not noticed losing more hair.  I think it has to do with "greying" which makes the scalp so much more visible.

I do color my hair and am experimenting with different cuts.  I also find that a perm fills out the thin-ness.  I know color and perms are hard on the hair, but I do what I feel i need to do.  A year or so ago, I got a short spiky do and I thought I was going to cry.  When I was a bit younger, this look was good for me, not now  When I wash my hair, I loose about 10-15 hairs and I don't think that's a large amount.  Lucy