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[PWSCHNEIDER1000]

Hi friends,
I just signed on 2- 20 - 17.
74 year old white male.
Psoriasis patient for 55 years.
Treatments back in the 60s were scarce.
Coal tar, baths with various oils, oat meal, etc.
Then came UVA light treatments and methotrexate
Then psoralen capsules were added to UVA treatments and those PUVA treatments helped control my psoriasis until about 3 years ago.
UVB helped some more then even that lost effectiveness.
5 years ago I was infected with Lyme disease. That screwed everything up.
Last year I finally agreed to try a biologic. 
I started Humira in February of 2016. It worked very well and I tolerated it well. It helped my psoriatic arthritis too.
2 months ago Humira began to fail. I start Taltz in 2 weeks.
Here's hoping it will help.
Phil

[jiml]

Hi Phil and   to the club, I hope you will enjoy your time with us, we are a growing band of fellow sufferers all trying to beat, or control this disease with varying amounts of succejss,
The forum is a friendly place for us all to exchange views and ideas, and Fred has put together a tremendous amount of information about the disease and the latest advances in the drug market...

I see you have done the same journey through treatments as myself, except I haven't got to the biological treatments yet
I wish you great success with Taltz and hope it gives long lasting relief, feel free when you start, to record your journey here for a record of your progress to look back on and it will help others to read of your experience

Feel free to join in any of the threads and ask as many questions as you like, the members are all friendly  

Good luck
Jim


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[PWSCHNEIDER1000]

Thanks jiml.
I've only read 30 minutes so far and found lots of info.
Good stuff.
Good site.
Friendly people.

[Kat]

Welcome Phil!

Glad you found your way here. Hope Taltz works for you and looking forward to hearing how it goes.

[Fred]

Hello Phil   to Psoriasis Club.

Good to hear you are finding some good info, and yes you will find us a friendly bunch. We are just people like yourself living with psoriasis and we work hard to keep Psoriasis Club a comfortable place for our members.

Good luck with Taltz, it's getting good reviews from our members. Don't hesitate to start a thread in Prescribed Treatments For Psoriasis to keep a log of your journey and add updates as you go, it's handy to look back on and your input could help others.

Regards.

Fred.

[Turnedlight]

Hi Phil nice to meet you

[PWSCHNEIDER1000]

Hi Phil nice to meet you  

Thanks Turnedlight.

[KyPrincess]

Hi Phil. Welcome to the club.

[PWSCHNEIDER1000]

Thanks Ky.

[jiml]

Hi Phil Must be getting close to you getting the Taltz now I thought you might like to read this as Fred has just posted an interesting article about Taltz here Taltz beats Stelara in head to head

Good luck