Posts: 4
Threads: 1
Joined: Feb 2017
Gender: Male
Location: sunrise florida
Treatment: stelara
Hi All,
Quick update, I had my final U.S. Based injection last Thursday and managed
To secure 1 injection from Jansen Rep to bring back to the U.K. with me,
which will be due the middle of May.
Hopefully will get it sorted with my GP by then ?
Ashley
Posts: 47,972
Threads: 357
Joined: Oct 2013
Gender: Male
Location: Norwich England
Psoriasis Score: 3
Treatment: Skilarence 5x120mg a day
Good result Ashley ...you did well getting a dose to bring back with you
Yes let's hope you can get seen quickly when you get back here and are able to continue with Stelara
Posts: 9,829
Threads: 84
Joined: Aug 2014
Gender: Female
Location: GA
Psoriasis Score: 3
Treatment: Clobetasol Topical
Hope you are able to get things sorted quickly. It's good that you were able to get an injection to take back with you.
Posts: 4
Threads: 1
Joined: Jan 2017
Gender: Male
Location: UK
Treatment: Cream, ointment
Hi Ashley
I moved back to the UK in Sept 2016, I saw a GP on the 17th and have just seen a consultant on the 1st March 2017.....to try to get back on Humira which is a similar drug
The waiting time to see the derms< derms cant proscribe it here in the NW so I had to wait for a consultant, and also if your skin is ok at the mo you will not meet funding criteria i.e. a Pasi score of 10....this is how it is in the North west anyhow?
It is a nightmare to get the biologics because of the cost and the NHS hurting, so as has been said on here you may have to go through some other treatments first
I know Methotrexate and Cyclosporine from experience is maybe what the will go for subject to your physical condition....high BP etc. etc.
Good luck
Tomc
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