Inequality in access to biological treatments for psoriasis due to age

[Fred]

I can't think of a good reason to discriminate against older people being prescribed biologicals, in fact I can think of more reasons to discriminate against younger sufferers, purely on the grounds of cost. If you can put off prescribing expensive biological drugs until the sufferer is older it would reduce the cost of treatment saving health services a great deal of money

p.s. I'm not suggesting that this should happen I'm just thinking its more logical,

I'm with you Jim. Personally I would say hold off on the Bio's if you're young and let your healthier body fight the problem as it will give you something later on to use, we all know psoriasis is here to stay and older people have paid their dues so why not give them a good quality of life.

Psoriatic arthritis gets worse as we age so to me it makes sense to give it to older patients as there bodies are not so likely to be able to fight it.

p.s Unlike you I am suggesting it should happen, I have paid my dues and as I get older I would like to continue to get the benefits.