A Hello

[Caroline]

Hello all,

Diagnosed in September and treatment was Methotrexate, I did not take this until January this year.. this was just so I could research and get myself in the frame of mind to take this drug, highest dose was 17.5, and I was not going any higher, stopped in mid July to losing hair and frankly it not working. ( personally had a awful time on the drug) Because one has to fit a specific criteria for a biologic ( at my Rheumatologists in Kent) I have now been put on Sulphasalazine, which I have informed the Rheumatologist that this will be started at the end of this month.

My Introduction is now over and tea is much needed , Looking forward to contributing to the discussions on here . Kellie

Hello Kellie,
Thanks for your extensive introduction.

Welcome to the forum. I hope you will have a good time over here. Not only talking about psoriasis, but we also have lots of other subjects in the off-topics, where no-one is really sensible, even not the ones that claim they are.

Good of you to stop with MTX, it makes no sense.
We knew that already, take a look at this post Methotrexate no better than Placebo for Psoriatic Arhtritis which describes that MTX is about as effective as smarties against PsA.

With Fumaderm, or better the working substance Dimethylfumarate, you will have a 70% chance of success, BUT.... in the beginning you will have to live with the side effects that are very innocent, but sometimes a bit difficult to get used to.

Hope to hear more from you.

Caroline