[split] Dimethylfumarates and Psoriasis

[Caroline]

Hello everyone!

Today is my 35th day with Psorinovo.

I was quite desperate and I raised and changed some doses up to 120mg in the morning and 240mg in the evening. It was just too much for me, especially on my face.

The good things - I am not sure how it goes when it works exactly. From what I saw on some pictures from the website that you mentioned, I can tell that most of my skin changes are now bigger but flatter. My skin was mostly harder and more popcorn-like structure, now I would tell it is a little lighter and flatter. However it spreads more wide in my opinion. I will take photos soon, as now not much to compare I think, to notice enough difference in the pics.

How did you notice positive changes for the first time? How would you describe the process of clearing when it started?

I have question, does Psorinovo get state refund in the Netherlands? Or everyone just pays regular price?

good day for everyone!
J.

Hello Joana,
Well, you are a bit in a hurry.
Be cool , in your reaction I read that already things are changing. Maybe it seems to spread wider but I understand the intensity is lower. So this gives me the signal that there is something working. So now don't go much higher so fast. You are now on three pills, that is quite low still, but already something is reacting.
To give you comparison data, with me only after three months things started to change. That means that after three months the pain in my joints started to reduce and one of my fingers that was totally swollen started to become slimmer again.
At that point I stopped the increasing of the medication and kept it on this level for another three months.
You must give your body time to adjust and time to heal. This is not a medicine that 'immediately' removes everything, but it takes its time.

We normally get refunds from our insurance, and the refund for Psorinovo is paid out of the basic insurance. There are small restrictions in that it should be prescribed by a dematologist, which is basically nonsense or with some insurance companies also an internist will do.
Lots of patients circumvent this, they ask the dermatologist for a kind of certificate and than prescription and checks are done by the gp.
Sometimes there is trouble with the insurance, but on the Psorinovo website there is a list of all insurers and how they refund, so possibly you can change to another one.

Did this answer your questions?
Caroline