Why some countries play with their own psoriasis treatments

[Caroline]

You will be hard pressed to to find a pysician on this side of pond that will say it's ok to drink while on MTX. The reasarch says small amounts is ok. However, many people here have no idea what moderation is.

Your pysician is in charge of your care. He deserves to know what medication on are on, even if it's not legal. Using social media to bypass care may land both of you in trouble.

Hi Mati, you are up early !.. Or can't you sleep?

What you say is true on your side of the pond.

On our side it is still so that always the patient is in charge, totally in alignment with the right to decide on matters that affect yourself. Together with the doctor you discuss and agree on which is the best protocol to follow. But you always have the right to go your own way over here.
It is what happened to me. I discussed the use of MTX, and the doctor and I decided to do it. After two weeks I was back with him, and told him that this was the wrong way. (see Freds Journal for the experiences with MTX) He said he could not do anything else for me. I suggested another direction, but he said he could not do that. So our ways separated. Still he urged me, that if my body ever came to a complete stop, than I was welcome to come back. So the 'system' doesn't let me fall.
My direction was obviously better than the doctors, they are no saints. On your side you have major problems with insurance companies and Lawyers. They want that on our side also, the TTIP treaty is a way to achieve that, but we are fighting that fiercely, no matter how, we will stop it.