Health Boards
Fri-04-01-2019, 11:45 AM
Hi Marcus and welcome.
I think that it's time to change your GP , you can insist that you see a NHS dermatologist and I would go this route anyway , as pointed out all your previous treatments will be logged so why would they make you go through light treatment again. I would suggest that your GP is getting a kick back from the private health supplier.
I am under a private consultant who is on contract to the NHS and he just sees me now under the NHS contract .
I have been on MTX for nine years , acitretin and also cyclosporin which did not suit me at all but never on Skilarence so I can't comment on that one but the MTX was OK and did work but the side effects did build up.
I am on Stelara at the moment and have been for over five years , it's really good and I can highly recommend it . I know with the NHS you have to jump through a few hoops to get onto ,what I would call the effective treatments.
Best of luck and as I said give him the push if he will not do as you want, it's about you as you are the patient not him, some GPs are up their own bottoms in fact a lot of health care people are !!!!
I think that it's time to change your GP , you can insist that you see a NHS dermatologist and I would go this route anyway , as pointed out all your previous treatments will be logged so why would they make you go through light treatment again. I would suggest that your GP is getting a kick back from the private health supplier.
I am under a private consultant who is on contract to the NHS and he just sees me now under the NHS contract .
I have been on MTX for nine years , acitretin and also cyclosporin which did not suit me at all but never on Skilarence so I can't comment on that one but the MTX was OK and did work but the side effects did build up.
I am on Stelara at the moment and have been for over five years , it's really good and I can highly recommend it . I know with the NHS you have to jump through a few hoops to get onto ,what I would call the effective treatments.
Best of luck and as I said give him the push if he will not do as you want, it's about you as you are the patient not him, some GPs are up their own bottoms in fact a lot of health care people are !!!!