I need help/advice/reassurance.
It's been decided that I should have methotrexate by injection once a week
rather than orally as I have been taking because it's more effective. They
would prefer that I self-inject, but I'm nervous about it. If I really don't
want to do it, I can go to my GPs surgery nurse for her to do it, even
though it's a bit inconvenient for me.
We agreed that I wouldn't have one of the anti-TNFs at the moment. I had an
allergic reaction to one in October last year and had to stop it straight
away. I had that intravenously in hospital. I periodically get cellulitis,
so they want to keep the anti-TNF that they keep for people who get
infections until methotrexate no longer works.
If anyone self-injects. Are you apprehensive doing it? Is it painful? I had
a steroid jab in the backside yesterday and that always feels like a bee
stinging for what feels likes minutes, although it's only a few seconds. I
just don't fancy doing it.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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