Kat's journey with laser therapy (XTRAC)

[Kat]

Thanks Kat for the further information. But surely your dermatologist or your rheumatologist must have experience of others trying different biologics that target the same interleukins and one works where another doesn't, if that's a problem for them they could put you on Stelara which targets different interleukins to the IL17 That Cosentyx targets
Just a thought ask to go onto that or any of the ones listed here Biological Treatments For Psoriasis

Stelara was the first biologic I was on and I stayed on it for a year with no results. She mentioned going with a TNF inhibitor, but at one point she mentioned that she didn't want to go "backwards" on treatments. Basically she is a fan of the newer treatments out there that have less side effects. She mentioned a few things but felt some of them wouldn't work as they targeted the same things as the ones I had been on.

Honestly I didn't push while she was talking to me about other biologics. After Stelara for a year and going past the loading doses for Cosentyx then immediately the loading doses for Taltz, I wasn't against giving my body a bit of a break. I don't think anything will change until November 18 when I see the rheumatologist again unless my skin should worsen before then. I do think the laser therapy is a temporary fix for now as we regroup.



Today my skin feels a bit sensitive, a bit more of that "sunburn" feeling. It's itchy but tender. I haven't notice any improvement yet but it's still early.