rheumatoid arthritis
"Roughly one year now and methotrexate has been working miracles.  I started at 10 mg/week and eventually moved up to 12.5 mg/week.  From the outset I was tapering off of 10 mg/day of prednisone but could not completely eliminate it until I moved the methotrexate up to 12.5 mg/week.  Per doctors recommendation I'm also taking 5,000 mg of vitamin D daily and 1,000 mg of calcium daily (I don't eat much dairy).   Side effects:  None, except that I sometimes take a short nap after dinner on "methotrexate day" (I take it after lunch so as not to interfere with my pre-dinner martini(s)).



Without methotrexate I could barely walk!"