French guidelines to treating psoriasis

[Fred]

Still it is amazing.

Since 1985 in Germany and shortly thereafter in the Netherlands, patients have been successfully treated with DMF.... but the French experts ..... have never heard of it.

They have heard of it Caroline. I asked a few years ago about Fumaderm and my dermatologist said she knew all about it, I also asked later about Skilarence but she said it and any DMF probably would never be used in France.

I and she didn't know why they wouldn't be using DMF, but it's a government health department issue and not the experts (dermatologists) that treat the French psoriasis patients.

It's not surprising as it's not just the French that don't prescribe it but most of the rest of the world including the USA don't or won't use it

Good point. I'm sure they have their reasons, but we may never know.

All I know is that I'm reasonably happy with the French protocol for treating psoriasis. It's not perfect and people still have to jump through hoops and they still push poison Methotrexate, but my experience is that they do asses each patient well and will soon move you on if needed. Maybe by not having DMF it gives the French patient one less hoop tp jump through.