Has anyone experienced hot flushes/night sweats/exces... - NRAS
Has anyone experienced hot flushes/night sweats/excessive perspiration from methotrexate? If so, does it wear off or has anyone any tips?
hi ..have been on methotrexate for 9 years but the sweating and feeling hot all the time only started about a year ago so not sure if its the meds or just part of the disease...no-one seems to have an answer x
Strangely, MTX gives me the chills for a couple of days.
I think RA used to give me hot flushes, like menopausal syptoms, but not now that the meds are doing their stuff.
Hi I have suffered from this and I thought it was the methotrexate but I've since discovered it was a side effect of the painkiller Zydol.It might be worth checking through the side effects of any other medication you are taking .Hope this helps.
i personally think it's part of having an inflamatory disease and not the mtx as my sweating and burning up (i dont want to call them hot flushes!) about 2 years before the joint pains started.
Morning,I don't take MTX I take hydroxy & the night sweats have almost stopped so reckon it was the RA. I can't take any painkillers so it can't be them. Hope this helps x
I'm constantly warm, apart from when I'm hot. Like rattusrattus, I think it goes with the disease - it's like having a mild viral infection and being a bit feverish all the time.
Dotty x
Absolutely have all those things but it started before I was prescribed mtx. My thoughts are that it is RA related. Tricia x
I agree with other people it seems to be part of the RA to have a low-grade fever/ sweats. As the medications affect all of us differently it's quite likely that these are implicated too - I know that taking ibuprofen brings me out in a sweat.
Cece x
I understand the night sweats as symptomatic of auto immune diseases
Greetings-night-sweats 2am-4am each night, no meds but recovering 'serious vestibular injury'.Now age 44. Athletic, fit. GP suggests anxiety-possible but think am beyond that.They are curious interruptions.Am interested in others' experiences similar.
Hello ive just started methotrexate and I get these flushes aswell grrrr very annoying. But havn't had any this week maybe I won't ?! Hope this effects wears off
I suffer with night sweats so bad always have from day one of being diagnosed 5 years ago started MTX about 3 years ago and still get the sweats started humera about 6 months ago and the night sweats have eased so I thing iris just the condition and unfortunately there is no medication for them I have asked everyone! So sorry it's just one of those things we have to bear and it's not nice I have seen me changing my bed and showering 3 times during the night they are awful
Very curious, do you take Methotrexate and Humira for RA? i take them for an autoimmune disease of the eyes caed Birdshot, a form of Uveitis. I sweat a lot but I also take other meds that can cause this too! Very frustrating!
This was interesting. A LOT of people suffered this problem on Metho. ehealthme.com/ds/methotrexa...
I have been taking Metho for about 2 years now and still get regular hot flushes day and night. My doctor says it is not from the drug, so what is it from, no one can tell me. Spoke to another doctor and he says it is a possible side effect of the drug. Guess we just have to live with it.
Cynthia
It truly sucks doesn't it!?
before developing RA and starting on methotrexate (15mgs /week) 2 months later, I had been free from hot flushes for 2 years, after suffering them for 11 - 12 years from the age of about 56. They started up again a couple of months ago afer having been on methotrexate for about 6 months.
