Hi I am new to this site but not to PBC, I have been living with PBC for 10 years, my journey has been mostly uneventful on Ursofalk, I enjoy my very active 6 grandchildren, I travel and worked fulltime until earlier than planned retirement 18mths ago due to fatigue and brain fog.
6 months ago was diagnosed with another auautoimmune disease Polymyalgia Rheumatica, have been on a tapering dose of Prednisone down from 15mg to 6mg, my Rheumatologist wants to put me on Methotrexate to potentially reduce the length of time I need to be on Prednisone ( can be 2years)
The Rheumatologist and my Liver consultant are in discussions I first had to have a Fibroscan to assess the state of my liver- result 8.2 I go for review and management plan in 2 weeks.
I would love to hear from anyone with both conditions and if treated with Methotrexate , does it have any effect on LFT's and any side effects experienced ? I have done some research on the drug and dont much like what I've found.
I look forward to hearing others experiences.