Health Boards
Sun-26-01-2020, 09:30 AM
Eugene,
The normal (old fashioned) sequence is:
All kinds of creams first
Salt baths
UVB light treatment
— If you have serious Psoriasis then none of above will finally hold
Pills, which are a set of nasty pills, MTX, ciclosporine, Acetretin, DMF(but not in the states, which is a pity, it is the only decent pill)
Biologicals. Humira, Taltz, Stelara, cosentyx (and more)
Cosentyx is an IL-17 inhibitor. IL-17 is mostly connected to Psoriatic Arthritis, but as Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis are very much connected, in quite some cases it appears to work also for Psoriasis. That is depending on how your immune system is constructed (talk to the constructor about that).
It might work, it might not. If not you probably need an IL-23 inhibitor which is more connected to Psoriasis, stelara is such an IL-23 inhibitor.
Seen from the results of the biologicals from the past years, it is a good way to go to moderate your Psoriasis down.
If nothing works, some of us manage with a very serious diet.
My 2 cts...
Caroline
The normal (old fashioned) sequence is:
All kinds of creams first
Salt baths
UVB light treatment
— If you have serious Psoriasis then none of above will finally hold
Pills, which are a set of nasty pills, MTX, ciclosporine, Acetretin, DMF(but not in the states, which is a pity, it is the only decent pill)
Biologicals. Humira, Taltz, Stelara, cosentyx (and more)
Cosentyx is an IL-17 inhibitor. IL-17 is mostly connected to Psoriatic Arthritis, but as Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis are very much connected, in quite some cases it appears to work also for Psoriasis. That is depending on how your immune system is constructed (talk to the constructor about that).
It might work, it might not. If not you probably need an IL-23 inhibitor which is more connected to Psoriasis, stelara is such an IL-23 inhibitor.
Seen from the results of the biologicals from the past years, it is a good way to go to moderate your Psoriasis down.
If nothing works, some of us manage with a very serious diet.
My 2 cts...
Caroline