New member Caldrive

[jiml]

Hello all, I've, got Graves' disease, which has given me plaque psoriasis, and when I'm over active, I need help keeping my psoriasis under control by the use of acitretin, but I dont like the same de affects, also it doesn't clear my scalp, so I was looking for any advise, on what to use on my scalp, thank you

Hi Caldrive. First let me offer you a warm    to the forum
You have certainly come to a place where there is a wealth of knowledge of the disease in the health Boards and a friendly group of members who are happy to share their experiences with each other in a friendly safe environment free from spam or any sort of cyber bullying
I know very little of Graves Disease I have to admit but being nosey I did look it up and found that it's another autoimmune disease
May I ask if you were prescribed the Acetretin for the psoriasis or the Graves .... I'm just curious and wondered if they were treated similarly

The scalp psoriasis I used to use polytar shampoo it eased the itching but never cleared my scalp the other thing I keep by me just in case is the shampoo Glenda mentions Clobetasol shampoo I was told to apply it and leave for 15 minutes before washing out ... It is prescription but could be worth a try .....
although I no longer use it as im relatively clear on my drug of choice
I hope you find lots of information on here that will be helpful,  and there is usually someone here to answer questions and if they don't know they will usually know someone who does....
So enjoy the forum and I hope to see you later and if you wish come and join us in the off topic section which has a lively following ...
Jim