UK Psoriasis patients being let down with Bio treatments.

[Fred]

I don't know if the hospitals are to blame or the patients for not demanding more monitoring.... A simple phone call from the patient to say it's ineffective should warrant a recall

In my opinion the hospitals, specialists, ARE to blame. It's not up to us the patient to keep doing their job for them, they shouldn't be letting people down like this.

After all we go to them because they are trained professionals and we put our trust in them that they will help us and they know what they are doing, these figures show that they just don't care or don't understand the workings of the bio treatments.

We are just people, we don't understand the workings, we just want something that works and a simple piece of monitoring the patient properly and suggesting a move to another bio is all it takes.

I like Jim have a very good relationship with my dermatologist, and she works very hard with me as I'm sure she does with all her patients. She keeps a good eye on me, and it was her who worked with my to find what was best for me.

Most of the Bio treatments recommend stopping after 3-4 months if there is no significant improvement, so it's not rocket science. Switch to another one and give it a try, but in the meantime the patient after 6 months has had enough and just gives up.