Health Boards
Sun-16-04-2017, 13:11 PM
Hi Jtoal welcome to the club.
Acitretin does cause all sort of side effects especially dryness , I had nail problems when I was on it but it does not knock your resistance down like MTX/bio's as far as I am aware and with your dad having skin cancer I suppose the last thing you want is to knock the resistance down with that type of treatment. I use Enstilar with quite good results it may be worth a try for him, get loads of coconut oil as a moisturizer which should help. He is between a rock and a hard place really but I hope that he finds something that works for him without it affecting him in other ways.
All the best and welcome Dave
Acitretin does cause all sort of side effects especially dryness , I had nail problems when I was on it but it does not knock your resistance down like MTX/bio's as far as I am aware and with your dad having skin cancer I suppose the last thing you want is to knock the resistance down with that type of treatment. I use Enstilar with quite good results it may be worth a try for him, get loads of coconut oil as a moisturizer which should help. He is between a rock and a hard place really but I hope that he finds something that works for him without it affecting him in other ways.
All the best and welcome Dave