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Mon-20-02-2017, 09:44 AM
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
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