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Can u get cystitis while your on methotrexate???

Not. Ad just niggling me now feeling very 😷 sick this morning

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Not sure if it's the MTX or just our immune system failure. I've had several E coli infections - feels like cystitis but peeing blood, needed antibiotics. Not sure if this helps you. Hope you feel better soon. xo

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You can get the all the same infections that you normally get. Methotrexate doesn't prevent you getting anything.

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Hi DJJ, Sorry to hear you are not so good. I have had cystitis the last two Summers when I've had my Rituximab infusions. (Before then it was 35 years ago I last had a bladder infection.) Annoyingly last Summer I had to postpone the second infusion for three weeks but this had no detrimental affects. I haven't had cystitis when I have had the infusions in the winter. Due to Fentanyl pain patches and the hot weather (and the crazy hormones!) I get dehydrated easily despite drinking a lot and I have had to have a week's antibiotics to clear it. I'd been on Methotrexate for some time before Rituximab as my sole medication for RA and I never had one UTI etc in ten years so I can't say Mtx has done that to me but we are all different. I sip/drink water all the time now in the Summer and lemon barley squash too. I adore that. I also take cranberry capsules but I had a UTI whilst on those last time so not sure that's worked for me?! Maybe I hadn't been taking them long enough. My doc and pharmacist said ... Water water water. I did try the teaspoon of baking powder in a glass of water and it seemed to alleviate symptoms quickly but next day I got in with the GP for a prescription and started antibiotics. I read somewhere recently that blackcurrants are better than cranberries for clearing the bladder of the germs. My rheumy nurse said that she has had quite a few of her Rituximab patients get UTI's following the infusions. Makes sense as the immunity is so depleted. I hope you feel better soon. Neonkittie X

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