Rheumatoid Arthritis Support Group
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, inflammatory, multisystem, autoimmune disorder. It is a disabling and painful condition which can lead to substantial loss of mobility due to pain and joint destruction. The disease is also systemic in that it often also affects many extra-articular tissues throughout the body including the skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, and...
Hi everyone! I haven't been on here in awhile. Been really busy with school. Can you help? The doc started me on MXT injections in July. All has gone well and I've been slowly improving but the last month I've been having terrible stomach problems. I am constantly going to the bathroom and everything I eat goes right through me...and bad pain and fatigue. I've had Irritable Bowl in the past and my GI doc he says that's what it probably is. However, could it be from the MTX injections. Right now I can hardly eat. They are calling in a presc for me so I won't have to go to the bathroom. I don't like the sound of that. To me, if you gotta go, you gotta go. Any advice?
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I had medication induced IBS while I was taking Yasmin (had already had my gall bladder out), still get the occasional bout due to not having a gall bladder (eating too much insoluble fiber, fried food) . . .
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Initially I was taking a small amount every morning, before every meal and at bed time. You have to gradually work up to 2 tsp 4 times a day to avoid stressing your already angry GI tract.
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In the mean time, peppermint tea helps with stomach cramps. Fennel helps with gas and bloating.
Avoid broccoli, lettuce, dairy, red meat, anything fried, melons, anything with seeds, etc. Make sure you include a soluble fiber source with every meal and in between.
Mango, peeled apples, rice without butter (initially, I couldn't even touch brown rice), toast with apple butter, etc. are soothing, bulk forming and less likely to be trigger foods.
hugs!