When Are Oral or Injectable Drugs Better for Psoriasis?
Sometimes, a psoriasis flare up covers a large part of the skin or lasts a long time. In this video, dermatologist Melissa Levin, MD, explains that in these cases, your doctor may prescribe a systemic treatment to relieve psoriasis symptoms.
Transcript
For some patients, topical creams or ointments
alone aren't enough to treat their psoriasis. So even if you're using a cream and an ointment and you still have persistent psoriasis on your skin,
you may be a candidate for an oral or injectable medication. Another type of patient that may need a systemic medication
is the patient that has psoriasis involving many parts of the body. Also, sometimes, too much of the skin is involved,
and it can be very difficult to actually apply a cream or an ointment to the entire body. This makes it so that systemic medication,
whether it's an oral or an injectable medication, an easier and more effective way to treat your psoriasis. All systemic medications, whether they're oral
or they're injectable, are really involving your body's immune system because psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory condition.
It's important to understand that while systemic medications can be very effective, there's also side effects involved with oral and injectable medication.
It's important to know the risk and the benefits of different oral and injectable medications in order to determine what is the best medicine for you
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