Ouch, a painful but perhaps useful experiment CoatTails. My medication: I stopped methotrexate two and a half months ago when I started no-starch diet. Should be out of my system by now. I also reduced sulfasalazine from 2000mg to 1000mg at the same time. Planning to take another cut in a few weeks. Have avoided NSAIDs like the plague for about 8 mths.