Psoriatic arthritis is getting undiagnosed

[Fred]

Hi Fred,
So sorry things move so slowly in France.
Only psoriasis moves quicker than the drugs designed to put P. in remission or to be approved or prescribed. To many hoops to jump thru for those like yourself who need the drug "now" . It was approved in Jan 2015 in Europe. New drugs have web sites to help with dr prescribing in your area and a pmt plans if needed and if you fill the drug companies requirements.

Some of the bio drugs as are bogged down by insurance companies preapproval. Several other drugs required to be tried first. Corse I dint know what bios you have tried.
Then again immunsuppression drugs are not always for everyone due to the many risks/prerequisites .
Hope you feel well soon!    

Oh I like it slow, that's why I live here.  

Yes it was January Cosentyx approved for treating psoriasis in Europe But the individual countries still decide when they will start using it, just because it's got approval doesn't mean it will get used either. Otezla for example is available to patients in Scotland for psoriatic arthritis, but it's not going to be made available to those in England and Wales.

Also we don't have the same system as you and there is no point in us asking the drug companies, they can't help and they don't offer help with payments as we don't need them.

If France decide to use it I may be given the chance, (there is talk it could be available next year) but I just have to wait and see what they decide. They started trialling Fumaderm, but stopped so there is never any guarantee that France will get the same medication as the USA or the rest of Europe come to that.

Quest I think we should stop the conversation about Cosentyx here as we are derailing this thread and going a bit  

Regards.

Fred.