Methotrexate side effects

[Caroline]

Hi fred 
Yes makes perfect sense ?
Bio treatment would be great however I don't think my Derm would go for that at all ! He's not very good and because I'm not covered head to toe he sees it as though I have a very mild dose so would only prescribe me methotrexate or ciclosporin! From what I have read ciclosporin is much more harsh than the methotrexate so decided on that one .. Stelara would be great but I'm pretty confident in saying he would not go for it ?
Regards
elly

No they wont give Bio's if you don't have much, but they do tend to if you can't handle the oral treatments. You could ask about Fumaderm, but it's not available in all parts of the UK.

Get another dermatologist if your not happy, it's your body they are playing with.

Yes I agree with Fred  they won't give bios unless you are fairly covered, but if it's affecting your quality of life in that you are suffering anxiety and stress because of the disease they should consider you for one of them perhaps Humira

But it's worth asking about my treatment Fumaderm as its less toxic than mtx or cyclosporine and if you can cope with the likely side effects it should give you long term clearance as it has for me ( over 4 years ) and has for several members here

Jim is earlier than me again. Hi Elly welcome to psoriasisclub.
I am one of the opponents of MTX, with me well about everything in my body started to feel like screaming after a while, so I quit it, it felt so harmful for me. But still there are like Krissie (hi Krissie, long time no see ) and Dave who did very good on it.
You should ask your Derm if he would be so kind to start using it for a while, I bet he will say no.....
Fumaderm also has its side-effects, but the substance (DMF) is far less toxic. Just like Jim says.


Caroline