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(Sat-22-08-2015, 13:30 PM)fingers Wrote:(Sat-22-08-2015, 13:24 PM)Caroline Wrote:(Sat-22-08-2015, 13:13 PM)fingers Wrote:(Sat-22-08-2015, 11:22 AM)jiml Wrote:(Sat-22-08-2015, 10:52 AM)fingers Wrote: Thank you all for the nice welcome!!
I have read some of the acitretin threads and must say i feel a bit better about it!!....google can be a bit scary! Lol.
@ Jim!...haha..no im not a safe cracker!!..i just apparently have large fingers!!!!!!!
I was pretty clear on methotrexate but when they lowered me to a maintainance dose it came back and even upping it again never helped so I was put on cyclosporin which worked great and fast!!....but my hospital only puts people on it for a year so I had to stop!...it has been a year since I took anything but I am pretty bad at the moment so I'm hoping the Acitretin will work!!!
Good luck with that Fingers I hope it gives you clearance if you have problems with it mention Fumaderm that I am on to your dermatologist .... It's a great drug and has had me clear and virtually side effect free for 4 years with just the odd blip
Thanks Jim!!....i think if the acitretin fais the next step will be the Biological drugs!!!!....but they said i have to of failed on 3 conventional drug treatments first.............all down to the expence i guess!
Well Fumaderm, or DMF, is cheaper than biologicals and if it works for you than it can work for a long time without problems.
Is Fumaderm available in the Uk? i will definately ask about it!!!!!
Yes it is available here in the UK but has to be prescribed by your dermatologist if you look through here there are lots of threads about fumaderm
I have been clear on it for four years and if, and I doubt Acetretin will fail but if it does it's well worth pushing for fumaderm it's been in use in Germany for over 30 years with great success ... It does have to be monitored as most of the treatments do and adjust doses according to blood results.. But You must cross that bridge when you come to it