Good times ahead for psoriasis drug Stelara

[jiml]

That would be great if they made Stelara a first port of call missing the methotrexate and other damaging drugs as they seem to be drugs very few tolerate but most have to fail on before being considered for stelara. I fear though with the cost of stelara it will still be on the back burner and only used if cheap drugs fail. It is another problem for health systems to juggle funds for
Yes if stelara was a frontline treatment it would save a lot of patients a lot of discomfort going through the current regimes

Well let's look at it another way.

If the government insist on giving the cheap poison Methotrexate they will end up spending more in the long run as it will fail, you can't stay on it for long, and you will probably end up with a ruined liver.

Once people get to that state, they tend to give up and then it causes issues with the economy. We stop going out to public places spending our money, we take more time off work, we keep throwing are repeat prescriptions away.

The burden to the government of lost hours due to psoriasis is huge, now I'm not saying put everyone on Stelara without trying something else first but it's likely that is where people will end up in a few years down the line so it should be considered in sever cases at least.

Also the governments should fight the pharma's for a better price.

Interesting there was no mention of the DMF's yet they have shown good results.

You are totally correct but I dont think anyone in power looks beyond their term in office and try to save money and pass the worsening problem on to the next incumbents and the economy gets worse .... Oh don't get me started
It seems all the focus is on the IL17 inhibitor drugs and the DMF are on the back burner
Perhaps they will be prescribed ahead of Stelara if the pricing is right