Ilumetri for psoriatic arthritis Fred's journey

[D Foster]

Bye Bye Ilumetri. I had my dermatology appointment this morning and she wasn't happy. I've now got more psoriasis on the shins and scalp and it's now appearing on my hands too, also the psoriatic arthritis isn't getting any better and it's 4 weeks since the last shots so if it was going to work it would have done so by now.

We had a long chat (around an hour) and she asked me what I thought was the best move, so I said I didn't think Ilumetri was the right one for me after 1 year and the only one left in the pipeline was "Bimzelx" she agreed and offered me the chance of going on to it at the end of December.

She was also not happy that rheumatology had not been in touch with me about the ankle problem which is still bad and she got on the phone to them, it seems as expected they are not happy that I said no to Methotrexate before even talking to them. So she has tried again but this time said if I don't hear anything from them before starting Bimzelx I should go to another rheumatologist away from the hospital with her letter.

I can't remember, have you used methotrexate Fred, it did work for me in fact it was Naporex that I had the most trouble with it caused me to get a stomach ulcer. I agree methotrexate is not the best thing to take.