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Thu-13-09-2018, 23:08 PM
Hi All-
Have had severe psoriasis for about 15 years. Started around the age of 35 or so. Tried a bunch of steroid ointments which helps minimally. I was my derms first patient for biologics many years ago. I believe it was Enbrel. Can't remember I've gone through so many. Most of them work for me for a couple of years, then start to lose their effects. Start to see positive results in a few weeks, then about 4 months for about 80-90% clearances.
After Enbrel, started Humira, then Stelara, then Cosentyx. Cosentyx worked for about 3 years until the beginning of this year. Was about to start Taltz, but my derm said I could try Humira again since Taltz doesn't work too well, from his experience. Went back on Humira for a couple of months, but didn't see any improvement this time around.
My derm suggested I try giving my body a break from the biologics. So after a few weeks of weening myself from those, and my psoriasis flaring up like crazy...worst I've ever experienced because I've always had the various drug treatments, I started on Otezla(oral pill).
Well, about 4 weeks into Otezla, I became severely allergic. I mean, rashes and bumps all over my body. The itchiest experience you can imagine. Many, many times worse than any psoriasis itchiness I've experienced.
I ended taking over 100mg of Claritin a day for 3 weeks. And of course, immediately stopped taking the Otezla. Had to rid my system of all traces, so went cold turkey without any psoriasis meds for another couple of months, so you can imagine how bad the psoriasis became.
Anyhow, started on Siliq about a month ago and the results are promising. Truth be told, other than the Humira on the 2nd round, all the injection treatments have worked pretty well. I just hope Siliq works as well as the others in clearing up my condition. And, that it continues to work for years to come or until another (or better) solution is developed.
Thanks for reading and letting me share my experience.
Have had severe psoriasis for about 15 years. Started around the age of 35 or so. Tried a bunch of steroid ointments which helps minimally. I was my derms first patient for biologics many years ago. I believe it was Enbrel. Can't remember I've gone through so many. Most of them work for me for a couple of years, then start to lose their effects. Start to see positive results in a few weeks, then about 4 months for about 80-90% clearances.
After Enbrel, started Humira, then Stelara, then Cosentyx. Cosentyx worked for about 3 years until the beginning of this year. Was about to start Taltz, but my derm said I could try Humira again since Taltz doesn't work too well, from his experience. Went back on Humira for a couple of months, but didn't see any improvement this time around.
My derm suggested I try giving my body a break from the biologics. So after a few weeks of weening myself from those, and my psoriasis flaring up like crazy...worst I've ever experienced because I've always had the various drug treatments, I started on Otezla(oral pill).
Well, about 4 weeks into Otezla, I became severely allergic. I mean, rashes and bumps all over my body. The itchiest experience you can imagine. Many, many times worse than any psoriasis itchiness I've experienced.
I ended taking over 100mg of Claritin a day for 3 weeks. And of course, immediately stopped taking the Otezla. Had to rid my system of all traces, so went cold turkey without any psoriasis meds for another couple of months, so you can imagine how bad the psoriasis became.
Anyhow, started on Siliq about a month ago and the results are promising. Truth be told, other than the Humira on the 2nd round, all the injection treatments have worked pretty well. I just hope Siliq works as well as the others in clearing up my condition. And, that it continues to work for years to come or until another (or better) solution is developed.
Thanks for reading and letting me share my experience.