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Mon-16-04-2018, 12:36 PM
Sorry I stand by what I said "It should no longer be used to treat psoriasis patients.
It doesn't work any better than any other oral treatment. And it never helped me one bit with psoriatic arthritis.
As for the cost, I don't know the cost of each treatment apart from knowing the Bio's are the most expensive. But DMF is cheap and a lot better at treating psoriasis, this has been proven by our own members.
Also when you look at the cost, do you take into account how some people suffer with methotrexate. We don't know how much it effects their quality of life and in turn their work, and how many have to have expensive tests on monitoring their liver. I don't know again the cost of those tests, but it all adds up as do the other pills your doctor will throw at you to stop the nausea.
How many people stay on methotrexate and how many fail. My guess would be that 90% end up having to move onto something else, either because it's noit working or it's making the life unbearable.
I'm not saying methotrexate doesn't have a place in medicine, but it doesn't need to be used today in treating psoriasis. It's track record is no longer good enough up against other treatments and it's time dermatologists moved on. By starting people on methotrexate they risk a lot of patients not going back as they think the other treatments will probably be the same.
It's poison, it's outdated and it's no longer needed in the treatment of psoriasis today.
Good luck to those of you that do use it and get a result you are happy with, but it's not for me and it's certainly not something I would recommend to newly diagnosed.
It doesn't work any better than any other oral treatment. And it never helped me one bit with psoriatic arthritis.
As for the cost, I don't know the cost of each treatment apart from knowing the Bio's are the most expensive. But DMF is cheap and a lot better at treating psoriasis, this has been proven by our own members.
Also when you look at the cost, do you take into account how some people suffer with methotrexate. We don't know how much it effects their quality of life and in turn their work, and how many have to have expensive tests on monitoring their liver. I don't know again the cost of those tests, but it all adds up as do the other pills your doctor will throw at you to stop the nausea.
How many people stay on methotrexate and how many fail. My guess would be that 90% end up having to move onto something else, either because it's noit working or it's making the life unbearable.
I'm not saying methotrexate doesn't have a place in medicine, but it doesn't need to be used today in treating psoriasis. It's track record is no longer good enough up against other treatments and it's time dermatologists moved on. By starting people on methotrexate they risk a lot of patients not going back as they think the other treatments will probably be the same.
It's poison, it's outdated and it's no longer needed in the treatment of psoriasis today.
Good luck to those of you that do use it and get a result you are happy with, but it's not for me and it's certainly not something I would recommend to newly diagnosed.
