Health Boards
Wed-09-04-2014, 12:23 PM
Hi Jim,
Surely a low white cell count represents an immediate and greater risk to your health than the return of a few plaques? A few months into treatment I started to get a cold but didn't take a break from the DMF. The cold got a lot worse and I ceased taking the drug for about a week. Now I stop the drug for a few days when I start to get a sniffle, though thankfully I have not been sick for several months. Stopping or reducing DMF does not carry the risk of an aggressive rebound of psoriatic plaques as do other treatments, and hopefully you can resume taking Fumaderm when your leukopenia resolves. Think of it as a strategic retreat before a further offensive.
All the best,
Bill
Surely a low white cell count represents an immediate and greater risk to your health than the return of a few plaques? A few months into treatment I started to get a cold but didn't take a break from the DMF. The cold got a lot worse and I ceased taking the drug for about a week. Now I stop the drug for a few days when I start to get a sniffle, though thankfully I have not been sick for several months. Stopping or reducing DMF does not carry the risk of an aggressive rebound of psoriatic plaques as do other treatments, and hopefully you can resume taking Fumaderm when your leukopenia resolves. Think of it as a strategic retreat before a further offensive.
All the best,
Bill