I have booked my RSV vaccine at the surgery for two weeks time. I have just started injecting methotrexate. I have read that the Covid vaccine is more effective if one pauses the methotrexate for a week. Is the same true for RSV.? The vaccination is on a Thursday and I inject on a Friday.
I have checked that it is not a live vaccine
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It is the 2 weeks after the vaccine that is critical when the body is developing the immune response to the vaccine. I would definitely skip the next 2 after the jab. The original research was done on the flu vaccine and they also later looked at the Covid jab - the same applies so it is reasonable to assume that it will apply to all vaccines.
I might try and postpone the vaccine so I get more established with MX. It looks as if the autumn will be a bit messed up with the MX with all the vaccines.
But make sure your get them fitted in before late October, especially the flu, because that's when the season starts and they take a couple of weeks to be effective.
Might try to have RSV with flu. Don’t want to double up the Covid which caused me to flare badly last year. On Rod Hughes’ advice missed out the spring one.
Personal opinion, but I’d not have both together, especially if you had an issue previously. It might be a bit of a faff with MTX, but better to leave a couple of weeks between them and give body time to recover.
hi, l can honestly say l have had no problems with methotrexate injections, my rheumatologist has now increased my dose and still no problems, l have been able to reduce the pred from 15mg to 9/8 and am now starting to reduce my moon face. I have also been watching a lot of podcasts on YouTube regarding vitamins and healing the gut by eating clean foods, it’s well worth investigating as there is a massive problem with eating anything processed as it increases inflammation , l hope this is of help to you x
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