Acitretin journey!

[jiml]

Good news Fingers I hope Fumaderm will work for you, it has certainly been the best drug for me. I have been virtually clear for 4 years on it, you may find it difficult to start with.

If you have any problems or questions feel free to ask, there are several of us on Fumaderm here now and enjoying success with it

You may want to start a new Fumaderm thread

Thanks Jim!! One thing!  do you take it continuesly or stop and start!!....I got the impression she would only put me on it short term until/if it cleared me?

You should be put on it long term, the idea is to get to a level where Fumaderm clears your skin. Gradually increasing the dose to the maximum dose of Six tablets a day. Then after a period of stability, start reducing to a lower dose which still keeps working.
But I wouldn't stop, and when you get clear that will be the time to tell the dermatologist you want to stay on a reduced dose .. Keep dropping the dose slowly over a few months ( in my opinion) if you can reduce to zero without it coming back, great but I doubt you will manage without some Fumaderm in your system.
( we have mateychuck on here who takes one a day as a maintenance dose and it still works for him )
I reduced to 3 a day and psoriasis started coming back so I upped to 4  a day which keeps me virtually clear.

As long as your bloods are good there is no reason to stop, if you lymphocytes drop out of the normal range dropping the dose is usually enough to bring them back up again