Health Boards
Mon-10-06-2013, 03:53 AM
Hi everyone
I stumbled onto this site whilst googling Apremilast. Spent some time browsing through and it looked like a friendly and informative place.
I am staying in the East and was trained in the West (UK) so I have the opportunity to treat my psoriasis with both Eastern and Western medicines.
During my 40 years of living with psoriasis, I have tried ayurvedic medicines, traditional Chinese therapies ( imbalance in the Ying and Yang) and even gone to Thailand to drink snake bile.
I have smeared myself with all sorts of creams ( steroids, Daivonex, moisturizers, herbal products). UV light therapy only helped for a short time.
I tried a course of cyclosporine... I suffered every known side effect and it did not help my skin a single bit.
So far I have avoided anti-TNF medication and the only thing that controls my skin is Methotrexate which I have been taking every 2 - 3 weeks for the past 30 years.
I am considering trying apremilast but it is still not available here. So I am still struggling to live with my itchy, scaly and often painful skin and hoping some day someone will find a cure.
I stumbled onto this site whilst googling Apremilast. Spent some time browsing through and it looked like a friendly and informative place.
I am staying in the East and was trained in the West (UK) so I have the opportunity to treat my psoriasis with both Eastern and Western medicines.
During my 40 years of living with psoriasis, I have tried ayurvedic medicines, traditional Chinese therapies ( imbalance in the Ying and Yang) and even gone to Thailand to drink snake bile.
I have smeared myself with all sorts of creams ( steroids, Daivonex, moisturizers, herbal products). UV light therapy only helped for a short time.
I tried a course of cyclosporine... I suffered every known side effect and it did not help my skin a single bit.
So far I have avoided anti-TNF medication and the only thing that controls my skin is Methotrexate which I have been taking every 2 - 3 weeks for the past 30 years.
I am considering trying apremilast but it is still not available here. So I am still struggling to live with my itchy, scaly and often painful skin and hoping some day someone will find a cure.