Health Boards
Wed-20-05-2015, 11:19 AM
(Tue-19-05-2015, 23:24 PM)murdomac Wrote: Hi everyone, I have just joined up to the forum and would like to introduce myself and ask for some advice on various treatments. My name is Murdo, 36 and have been suffering from P since the age of 17. I got a small tattoo aged 17 on my sholder and that was what triggered it off for me. At first the entire tattoo was covered with whte scales and it was no where else on my body. Eventually it started to appear on my body bit by bit and I saw a dermatologist for the first time and he told me it was Plaque Psoriasis. I didn't recieve any treatment for it at the time and it eventually went away and stayed away until I was around 24.
It started to appear on my lower legs, shins, knees and then spread to my arms, elbows and came and went over the next couple of years. The last 10 years has been the worst time for me where my P has been severe and at it's worst, legs, elbows, arms, back and body. I find that a sore throat triggers it off now. I have been prescribed all the creams and ointments available, Dovobet, Dovonex etc... and none of them worked. I have had 2 treatments of UVB light and 1 PUVA, and I have to say they all cleared it but only for a very short time. I have now been prescribed "Fumaderm" but I am a bit cautious about taking it. I live in Ireland and prescription drugs cost the earth, so the price is putting me off for a start, then there is the side effects, I am gong to get back onto my dermotologist and see if he can prescribe me Acitretin, which I believe is cheaper and has the same effect as Fumaderm. I have also been told about "Dermylex Tablets" which are a natural product.
I am looking for some advice on the various tablets available on prescription and would like to hear from anyone who has used or been prescribed tablets or natural products for Psoriasis. Thanks and I look forward to any feedback.
Just been checking and this post may be of interest as it tells the cost of prescriptions in Ireland
RE: Methotrexate or Fumaderm? ccar06 is on Fumaderm and has written her experience so the rest of the thread may also be of interest. But I agree even with the card that's talked about in the post €33 a week is a lot out of normal living expenses