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Summers in full swing here in the northern hemisphere, hopefully the sun on your skin has helped with the psoriasis, if you have been able to get out in it......There have been a lot of new members and posts. So click on a link and come in ... If you haven't logged-in for a while please do pop in and tell us how you are doing, or come and meet some of our new members. Or read some of the studies that have been posted. I'll look forward to seeing you ...I'm usually found propping up the bar
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Artemie's journey on Humira (adalimumab) begins .......Day zero on Humira. Here you'll find my updates.
After a lot of "yeah but no but yeah but no but" I caved in and had my first Humira shots today for Psoriasis. It's been six hours now and I feel great. No side effects. First subcutaneous shot ......... . Read more of my journey ....
Here Arfstrom wrote ........
So I am disappointed with my journey so far. I am interested in knowing what others might be doing, in as far as those whom are doing races, whether its a triathlon, or marathon, or swimming, (or sport of yours, that anyone would consider stressful) Today, I have looked.... Click here to read more Darcy wrote ....I made the decision to start with Stelara after reading many posts on this forum of others who have gone down this road. My psoriasis is primarily on my lower legs and tops of feet. My first injection was on July 6, 2017. So far the only reaction I've noticed was .........Read more here Spotless wrote ...... .So here goes I thought I'll start a new Thread so I can track my new treatment on treating my psoriasis with a biological drug called Stelara. It's my third biological treatment. I was previously on Ebrel which lasted 2 years and Humira which lasted 3 years. I hope his diary will help others....... Read more Nessie wrote ....Using evidence-based diet and supplements to manage psoriasis..I have had psoriasis for 16 years. I was first diagnosed when I was 34 years old and I believe it was first triggered by a stressful event. It is also partly hereditary – my mother has it and my grandfather was thought to have it. see more here
New Introductions.
Please look at these introductions and come and welcome the new members that have taken the trouble to write an introduction. Daisydef says ........
Hi friends. I've had psoriasis since 2003. It got much worse when I was pregnant in 2007 and I was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis in 2015. I've read some posts on here and I saw someone had mentioned that they had used dovobet on their face. A friendly word of advice. Don't I got ......... Read More Here Spotless wrote........I thought I'll join the club been lurking here for a few days. I start Stelara today and very nervous about yet another biologic that may not work for me. Been on Enbrel and Humira.
Here wooleyb wrote...... Hello everyone......Thanks for allowing me onto the group, I stumbled across it last night.......it is great to see that there are so many people on here willing to help/listen and share experiences...So April this year, completely out of the blue........ Read More
This Months Stats.
29 New Members | 49 New Threads | 2291 New Posts | 3 Newsletter subscriptions
Orencia previously used to treat rheumatoid arthritis has been given FDA approval to treat psoriatic arthritis.......
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) announced today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ORENCIA for the treatment of adults with active Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA), a chronic, inflammatory disease that can affect both the skin and musculoskeletal system. ORENCIA is approved and available in both intravenous and subcutaneous (SC) injection formulations. ORENCIA should not be administered. ............
See full document here Following on from the last post Orencia gets FDA approval Orencia has also received EU approval to treat psoriatic arthritis. .........Read more here Cosentyx gets EU approval for label updates including scalp psoriasis....
Novartis announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has approved a label update for Cosentyx® (secukinumab), the first interleukin-17A (IL-17A) approved to treat psoriasis. The label update includes 52 week data from the CLEAR study demonstrating the long-term superiority of Cosentyx versus Stelara® (ustekinumab) in psoriasis....... Read More Here This study suggests that targeting IL-23 alone could be a potential treatment for psoriasis....
The development of monoclonal antibodies targeting IL-12 and IL-23 has enhanced the therapeutic options available for psoriasis patients. Recent research suggests that IL-23 alone plays a role in the pathogenesis of psoriasis.
Read More Here Tremfya gets FDA approval for psoriasis treatment
Janssen Biotech, Inc. (Janssen) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved TREMFYA™ (guselkumab) for the treatment of adults living with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis who are candidates for systemic therapy or phototherapy. TREMFYA™ is the first and only approved biologic therapy that selectively blocks only IL-23, a cytokine that plays a key role ......... Read More Here This study suggests there is an association between psoriasis and migraine
Psoriasis and migraine share several pathogenetic mechanisms due to systemic inflammation, which increase the risk of developing cardiovascular disease.
Objective:
Our aim is to investigate the prevalence of migraine with (MA) and without aura (MO) in the psoriatic population, investigating a possible new comorbidity of the psoriatic disease.....
Read more here Cosentyx 5 year efficacy and safety results.. The long-term extension study for Cosentyx in patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis is designed to analyze efficacy and safety over the period of 5 years (Week 260). The current data analysis for Cosentyx includes all patients who reached a PASI 75 response at Week 12 and subsequently received continuous treatment with 300mg secukinumab until the end of Year 5.... read more here
Biological Psoriasis Treatments
This is the current list of Biological l treatments prescribed for Psoriasis, . There are 8 common prescribed Biological treatments
Adalimumab( Humira)
Etanercept (Enbrel)
Infliximab ( Remicade )
Ustekinumab (Stelara)
Golimumab (Simponi
Certolizumab pegol ( Cimzia)
Secukinumab (Cosentyx)
Ixekizumab ( Taltz)
Guselkumab - (Tremfya)
Abatacept - (Orencia) * for Psoriatic arthritis * Read More Here
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A Walk In The Park. Click on the photo to see full size
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Sneaky peak
We have an active Off Topic Board and we thought we would share some sneaky peaks with our lurkers.
What made these holes . Click on the link to see if you can help .See here Dear life when I asked if my day could get any worse It was a rhetorical question...... not a challenge
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Clean Jokes
MEANWHILE BACK AT THE ASYLUM
...a visitor asked the Director how to determine whether or not
a patient should be institutionalized?
'Well,' said the Director, 'we fill up a bath; then we offer a teaspoon,
a teacup and a bucket to the patient and ask him or her to empty the
bath.'
'Oh, I understand,' said the visitor. 'A normal person would use the
bucket because it's bigger than the spoon or the teacup.'
'No.' said the Director, 'A normal person would pull the plug.
Now, would you prefer a bed near the window?'
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