Actually, mine are doing the exact opposite. :(

I've always had good nails. I don't let them get real long, but I've never had much of a problem with them breaking off. I never do anything with them, like a manicure or anything. I use them all the time and it would be a waste of time/money to have my nails "done".

The last few weeks it seems I'm breaking them on a daily basis. Not just the long ones breaking, but the short ones, and breaking into the quick.

I'm taking 1 mg of Folic Acid, so maybe it's not enough? I plan on asking at my next office visit after the first of the year.

the mtx probably wouldn't make your nails stronger, per se. if you are taking folic acid, that would make your nails grow more/stronger.

i take folic acid and mtx. i find my nails are growing faster, but are more brittle. they're breaking more often. damn it.

gaitless, you may want to add biotin to your daily regimen. or up your folic acid if the dr okay's it.

i am on my 6th month of mtxt. i do take folic acid. i too noticed that breaking off, but i didnt think of it is bcoz mtxt or folic acid.

I was a nurse for 30 years, never had anything but flimsy things that peel and break and haven't noticed any change....(nurses with long dangerous nails drive me crazy!)

I'm hoping he will up the Folic Acid. Even though I take it daily, I figure the mtx is depleting it faster than the pills can put it back.

I've also noticed my hair starting to fall out again. It was really bad before the mtx and improved greatly when I started the Folic Acid.

I'll check into the biotin. I don't know why I didn't think of that. I've given it to my horses for years!

My nails are pretty brittle. I think they are growing more quickly, though.

MTX is pretty notorious for falling/thinning hair and brittle nails.
A hair and nail supplement OTC from Health food shops or Pharmacies can help a lot.as can painting your nails with a nail strengthener, OTC at Pharmacies..

Thanks Angelpuss... good excuse to treat ourselves to a manicure!

I have just started MTX so I am not for sure what it will do to my nails but I take vitamin supplements that help my nails.

But I have another question, I know it has been posted before but I can't find it. How does the MTX effect you. My dr warned me I might not feel very well after my 15mg dose a week. I haven't really noticed anything significant yet. How does it effect you?

Upset stomach off and on for a few days, fatigue, and feeling just kind of weird. Foggy and not all there. I have only had 2 doses and most people tell me it will get better. So I will hope so. OH it does make me dizzy too, which sucks. I take 10 mg. It seemed like I did a little better the second time. If my hair falls out, I will be really annoyed! It's very thin and fine to begin with...

Hi, regarding how it makes me feel... I'm on 20mg injections. I've had 6 injections so far, and the first couple of weekends I felt kind of horrible the entire weekend but the side effects have lessened each week.
I do my injections Friday after work and I get quite tired and have dizziness, and I find my voice gets hoarse, but by Saturday morning I'm pretty much back to normal again. Some slight dizzy periods but it's minor.
Stick with it. Hopefully your body will adjust too and the side effects will lessen each week.
Good luck!

I'm on 3 mg of folic acid and I finally feel like my hair isn't falling out anymore than it was before my diagnosis. As for my nails, I've been a chronic nail-peeler, so they've been doomed from the start. I don't usually notice an upset stomach with the Mtx, but usually an overall fatigue the day after I take it.