Health Boards
Sat-07-02-2015, 16:55 PM
(Sat-07-02-2015, 16:42 PM)karaokeking Wrote: Hi Everyone. I am from the U/K, and i am 74 years old. I have had psoriasis since i was 32. I first went on the coal tar ointment for quite a lot of years. It was messy and stained all your clothes, as well as your body. It looked as though i had been punched black and blue. After years on that prescription i went on Dovobet, that seemed not so bad, but the doctor told me i had been on it to long and that there was a danger of it thining my skin, what ever that meant. Anyway he has now put me on two different options. I have a tube of Betamethason valerate 0.1%W/W cream, and tubes of Dovobet ointment. The diference with the two tubes is one is a cream and the other is an ointment, which means the cream sorts of rubs into the skin, where as the ointment is more thicker, like vasoline, and tends to stay on your body longer. Ivé been on these for about a Month, with just the same outcome as the Dovobet. I don´t have it to severe i can still put a swimming costume on, plus i go to Tenerife for the Winter, so of course the sun helps quite a lot.
Now what i would like to know is the tablets that some of you are taking. Did you have to ask the doctor for these or, did he suggest them to you, and can you get them on prescription in the U/K. Thanks.
Welcome Karaokeking! I'm in the US so not much help on how the U/K system works, I'm sure others will be along to answer that question, I just wanted to say hello and welcome you. Spain is beautiful, lots of sunshine! We were stationed in Rota, Spain back in the early 80's.