Jims continued use of Fumaderm

[jiml]

Bloody good that you have beaten prostate cancer, Jim, and the way your response to DMF has been you seem likely to keep responding for a very long time. As Caroline points out you have an excellent lymphocyte count, and you are also quick to vary your dose according to changes in your disease activity.

Cheers,

Bill

Thanks  Bill, I think I'm lucky that my dermatologist has been flexible with me and together we are monitoring my progress ..I'm convinced that I can keep tweaking my dose to keep it under control .

The dermatologist did tell me that he had been told that Fumaderm is likely to be licenced here in England soon so it will be easier for dermatologists to prescribe

At the moment it is easier to prescribe biological drugs as they can do that by simply writing a prescription as they are licenced..... whereas to prescribe Fumaderm it involves a lot of paperwork putting forward a case to a committee for approval. He says that there are too many pressures on dermatologists time to do this and the easy option is to just write a prescription for a licenced drug