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Sat-19-09-2015, 21:16 PM
Nope smoking or alcohol has never made any difference whatsoever for me.
I gave up smoking and the only thing I noticed was that I put more weight on, that in turn made psoriatic arthritis worse for my feet as I had to carry the extra weight around, that in turn made psoriasis worse. I still no longer smoke as I do believe it is bad for my health, I was a 40 a day man once and dabbled in all types of smoking but as I got older and saw people around me die it made me decide it's not a good thing to do.
I also stopped alcohol for a while (1 year or so) but again it made no difference whatsoever, apart from it had the opposite effect as I lost weight. Now that was better for psoriatic arthritis as I had less weight to carry around. But I now drink again (probably more than recommended) as I got to a stage of "Sod It" my life is now to short, I've stayed off the smoking so that is 50% of the so called bad stuff but I still want some enjoyment in my life.
Personally I think it's what gives you enjoyment and what you think is best for you is the way to go, would I drink green juice everyday in place of my Merlot? No friggin way I may as well get the rope and call it a day.
In my youth I would and did try anything and my brain probably got fried, but today as I'm still alive I just take it one day at a time and the next one is a bonus.
Studies and people in white coats can tell you anything, but living with it is different so if a smoke or a drink makes you feel good isn't that better for you than say a steroid cream slapped on you skin?
As for Acitretin I don't know so it would be unfair for me to comment, but with Methotrexate it's best avoided as that stuff will kill the bogies up your nose let alone your liver.
For what it's worth my opinion is if you are smoking five or six cigarettes a day and drinking a bottle of wine or so every couple of weeks, then you have no problem I went from 40 a day to zero and cut my alcohol down to only one bucket per day but it has made no difference to psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis in it's own right for me.
I gave up smoking and the only thing I noticed was that I put more weight on, that in turn made psoriatic arthritis worse for my feet as I had to carry the extra weight around, that in turn made psoriasis worse. I still no longer smoke as I do believe it is bad for my health, I was a 40 a day man once and dabbled in all types of smoking but as I got older and saw people around me die it made me decide it's not a good thing to do.
I also stopped alcohol for a while (1 year or so) but again it made no difference whatsoever, apart from it had the opposite effect as I lost weight. Now that was better for psoriatic arthritis as I had less weight to carry around. But I now drink again (probably more than recommended) as I got to a stage of "Sod It" my life is now to short, I've stayed off the smoking so that is 50% of the so called bad stuff but I still want some enjoyment in my life.
Personally I think it's what gives you enjoyment and what you think is best for you is the way to go, would I drink green juice everyday in place of my Merlot? No friggin way I may as well get the rope and call it a day.
In my youth I would and did try anything and my brain probably got fried, but today as I'm still alive I just take it one day at a time and the next one is a bonus.
Studies and people in white coats can tell you anything, but living with it is different so if a smoke or a drink makes you feel good isn't that better for you than say a steroid cream slapped on you skin?
As for Acitretin I don't know so it would be unfair for me to comment, but with Methotrexate it's best avoided as that stuff will kill the bogies up your nose let alone your liver.
For what it's worth my opinion is if you are smoking five or six cigarettes a day and drinking a bottle of wine or so every couple of weeks, then you have no problem I went from 40 a day to zero and cut my alcohol down to only one bucket per day but it has made no difference to psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis in it's own right for me.