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Mon-29-08-2016, 21:14 PM
Hello there fellow sufferers,
Thankyou very much for accepting me to this forum and I hope you can help me with some questions that I have regarding my current medication.
I've suffered with guttate psoriasis for almost 20 years now but until the last couple of years it's been kept fairly under control with various emollients and topical steroid cream/ointments. It became much more severe and more widespread following my hysterectomy 2 years ago, though this could just be a coincidence, my consultant thinks it could be but is a bit noncommittal. In the past 9 months, I've had two courses of light therapy, the last one ending at the beginning of July, within a week, my psoriasis started appearing again so I immediately contacted dermatology, saw the consultant and was put on Acetretin 25mg daily.
I've been taking it for almost 4 weeks now and disappointingly my condition seems so much worse, with terrible itching, burning and flaking skin, EVERYWHERE!!
I hoped I might see an improvement by now, my consultant said I should. I was just wondering if anyone else could provide me with any advice or their experiences with this drug.
I wait with eager anticipation.
Many thanks
Mandy x
Thankyou very much for accepting me to this forum and I hope you can help me with some questions that I have regarding my current medication.
I've suffered with guttate psoriasis for almost 20 years now but until the last couple of years it's been kept fairly under control with various emollients and topical steroid cream/ointments. It became much more severe and more widespread following my hysterectomy 2 years ago, though this could just be a coincidence, my consultant thinks it could be but is a bit noncommittal. In the past 9 months, I've had two courses of light therapy, the last one ending at the beginning of July, within a week, my psoriasis started appearing again so I immediately contacted dermatology, saw the consultant and was put on Acetretin 25mg daily.
I've been taking it for almost 4 weeks now and disappointingly my condition seems so much worse, with terrible itching, burning and flaking skin, EVERYWHERE!!
I hoped I might see an improvement by now, my consultant said I should. I was just wondering if anyone else could provide me with any advice or their experiences with this drug.
I wait with eager anticipation.
Many thanks
Mandy x