Cosentyx - Week 1....and beyond....

[Caroline]

Gosh. Me being such a big DMF fan and all, like Jim, Caroline, Bassman et al, I wonder why the biologics dont get used for a couple of months to do the heavy clearing, then try a switch to DMF for maintenance? This may be possible as some of the biologics seem to modify the disease at a fundamental level. If it were just keeping my skin clear I could do this with DMF at a cost of 13 cents a week. Health insurance companies are incredibly inefficient.

Cheers,

Bill

There are a few reasons. Some people have multiple diseases where a particular biologic may manage all of them. DMF may not. There are plenty more reasons...

Matari... It is more likely the other way around. DMF works for psoriasis, PsA, Crohns, lichen sclerosis, MS, etc. I have not seen that with biologicals yet.