If you think you have rheumatoid arthritis do you benefit greatly from going through the medical stuff or can I expect to progress the same as I would, not get worse faster from just living with the pain without taking medicine.  See I have psoriasis and when it came upon me at about 26 and the steps I see by reading about the condition are very similar as to what I went through then. Now I just live with the condition with minimal medical attention.  So I figure the methotrexate I went through back in 1996 would turn out the same - something I dont want to  go through.
Hi yes methotrexate helps in both psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis.it should be used in the dose of 7.5 mg in a week for 4-6 weeks to see visible response.it is used in psoriasis only if more than 25 percent of body is involved.folate is to be used to decrease side effects of methotrexate