Humira shots

[Bobby]

You all are great!! I really appreciate the advice! im glad I found this site cause I've kinda felt all alone with this..

[Fred]

Told you Bobby.  

They mean well and it's good to get feedback but I prefer not to confuse or take your question way off track and turn it into another DMF thread, you asked about oral treatments as you are scared of biological treatments and the answer as you are in the USA is.

Methotrexate.

Acitretin.

Ciclosporin.

Don't hesitate to start new threads asking about a particular treatment in Prescribed Treatments For Psoriasis if you wish. By being more specific on one treatment that you are interested in will get you more relevant answers.

[Bobby]

Sorry about that

[jiml]

You all are great!! I really appreciate the advice! im glad I found this site cause I've kinda felt all alone with this..

Hey Bobby don't ever feel alone with this awful disease, this is one of the reasons Fred set this site up so all us sufferers have somewhere to feel at home, and comfortable in the company of other sufferers  

So I'm glad you have found us and hope you will feel less alone with us here

[Kat]

Sorry about that

I think Fred was simply mentioning that since a few of our more active members use DMF/Fumaderm that he didn't want THEM to take this thread off topic as it's not available in the US so not very helpful information for you.

I am one of the members who took Acitretin. The main concern for Acitretin (aka Soritane) is that it's not to be used if you intend on having children within the next three years or so. Now I've only seen that listed for females to not become pregnant as it can cause birth defects but should you be wanting to have children in the next few years, I'd definitely ask about that! The side effects are fairly mild, dry lips, mild hair loss for some people, headaches, etc. I didn't really notice many side effects, it at all. It worked well for me to get me clear and my derm let me reduce the dose and then try being completely off of it. So far it's been going really well, I do use a topical at times as I do have some stubborn places that reappear (but they have stayed manageable so far)

I'm not sure I would totally rule out biologics after just one, but I do understand your hesitation on that.

Whatever you try, I wish you well with it and look forward to hearing your experience.

And .... you definitely are not alone!!

[Fred]

Sorry about that

No need for you to say sorry Bobby. Kat is right what she said in her post above I was saying that we do have a couple of members (Jim and Caroline) who can bombard newbies with information overload.  

They are passionate (and rightly so) about their treatment but (and I think they will agree) they can tend to sometimes get a bit to passionate and I was aiming my comments at them as this thread was heading into another DMF thread that would have been in my opinion to much information for you in answer to you question about "Oral treatments as you are scared of biological treatments" They are right it is an oral treatment but it's not something you are going to find easy to get hold of, and I didn't want you to get your hopes built up about something that was not available to you.

So please don't think for one minute I was aiming my comments at you (I wasn't) I was hinting to Jim and Caroline not to give me work in the morning sorting out another thread and spend my time moving posts to the DMF thread.  

Both Caroline and Jim are very valuable members on Psoriasis Club and should anyone be using Fumaderm or DMF they are the one to talk to. Me I'm passionate about the Bio treatments and personally would recommend you try another one, but I felt at the time it would be better to give you information relevant to your question.

You will find I often grumble at people for taking threads off track, as I prefer to keep the information relevant and easy to understand. Caroline and Jim are used to me moaning at them, but Kat is right it wasn't aimed at you.

[jiml]

Sorry from me to Fred and Bobby, yes I'm guilty as charged    
Sorry you thought it was aimed at you Bobby ( Fred is right again we do tend to get overenthusiastic)!

[Caroline]

 Jiiiimmm.     Fred's doing it again      

[jiml]

 Jiiiimmm.     Fred's doing it again      

Yes I saw it    

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