Jims journey on Skilarence

[Kat]

Okay.... I agree with a major lack of knowledge.   

If I, just a patient without medical training, over here in Europe have to tell a specialist rheumatologist about DMF and that it works for Psoriatic Arthritis and he can only answer me that he has “heard” that it does not work (and he is not the first I have met on that) I can only agree with “major lack of”. 
In the states knowledge is even less, you have a lot less history with DMF.

I have never said that it is kind of WD40, but I think that can be used much wider and thus cheaper, and more effective  than it is used up to now. And of course it will not work with everyone. It certainly is not everyone’s cup of tea, I know several people who have tried, but did not succeed.
It is even more logical to use it, as DMF is able to turn down, reduce the activity, of a number of interleukins which the bio’s also do, only the bio’s completely disable specific il-‘s . DMF works wider and with a tunable strength/impact.

The side effects are known, can be measured, partly controlled are not toxic. But.. it will not work for everyone. 

And I can agree with all of the above. I wonder if the "cheaper" is part of the issue here, as I said I think pharma pushes the more expensive drugs, they get all the attention. I see constant commercials to ask your doctor about "Cosentyx, Tremfya, Ilumya" and some others. I've never seen a commercial about oral meds and/or topicals (other than infomercial type scam stuff on topicals and those are rare) And I'm not against biologics! I am FOR anything that works just to be clear!

Also I did find this info: (Note: Tecfidera (dimethyl fumarate) is a brand-name prescription medication. It’s used to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) in the United States)

Tecfidera is used off-label to treat plaque psoriasis. Off-label use is when a drug is approved to treat one condition but is used to treat a different condition. In a clinical , about 33 percent of people taking Tecfidera had their plaques clear or almost completely clear after 16 weeks of treatment.