Hello there, and a question about Taltz

[jiml]

Hi everyone, 

I wanted to introduce myself. I've had psoriasis for about 30 years, started as guttate and progressed into plaque. It's pretty much everywhere - scalp, arms, legs, front, back, ears, and even little bits on the palms of my hands. I'd been taking MTX, 10mg a week for about a year, and that had damped it down a bit. Still having flareups while on it, including a recent one which has been the mother of them all. The itching and burning is driving me mad, and it's having quite a serious affect on my mental wellbeing. 

I have my regular appointment at the hospital with the derm tomorrow (in the UK), and I'm really keen to try Taltz after what I've read about it. I wondered if anyone else is in the UK here, and managed to get it? I'm worried my request is going to get turned down. 

Any help would be very welcome.

hi and   spottysocks I'm glad you have found us, we are a very friendly forum sharing our problems and successes
It sounds to me as if your dermatologist hasn't done his best by you if you have struggled along on 10mg a week ...when I was on it I took up to 25mg a week and it cleared me
Having said that I don't think you have any chance of getting Taltz as a first biological drug

Be prepared to try any of them they offer possibly humira first
There is a possibility they might just up your dose ....now if you don't want that you must tell them that of the side effects you might be having like nausea
Just an idea
I wish you good luck ....do come back and tell us the outcome of the visit