England rejects Stelara for psoriatic arthritis

[Paul9]

Sorry Fred I am a bit dim and don't understand why.
Is it purely on cost they are stopping or is the alternative adalimumad, a direct replacement only cheaper?

Well the way I have understood it's mainly due to cost, they are not stopping the use of Stelara but they are saying it's not cost effective in the treatment of Psoriatic Arthritis.

In their opinion it's not as affective or as cost effective as Adalimumab (Humira), which in my opinion and the rest of the world it seems is absolute rubbish.

I have tried them all and can't use Humira due to a reaction from it, so where that would leave me in England I guess would be back to immobile and full of flakes heading for Scotland, Europe, USA, or Canada.

So yes it's costs.

It always seems to come down to cost in financial terms, rather than cost in quality of life.