Treatments for Psoriasis

[Caroline]

You are partly wrong Pingu.
Next to methotrexate is Dimethylfumarate with an effectiveness of 70%. And it has the enormous advantage that it is way less toxic than MTX.
Fumaderm is though more expensive. But for me it is my health I am thinking about, which is an important factor in the choice of medication.

Surely it would be nice to create and build up a list with effective medications.

As far as I know there are no medicines that are 100% effective and without side effects.

Indeed this is why I am asking, I also like multiple sources of reference. This was from what my dermatologist told me. I think costs wold be variable as well but if we defined a treatment as low, medium or high cost. I do know that my derm didn't mention Dimethylfumarate, alternatives to MTX began with a c and an f if I recall. Obviously I was paying less attention then as well as knowing a lot less. And I still know nothing!

He probably said Fumaderm, but the working ingredient is Dimethylfumarate. That is how it is referred to in the Netherlands, as you than have the possibility to choose from different variants over here in NL.

The top-dermatologist in NL, dr. van de Kerkhoff, is now experimenting with combinations of DMF and Biologicals.