Cyclosporine was first approved to prevent the body from rejecting a transplanted organ. When given to organ-transplant recipients who had psoriasis, patients discovered that the medicine also ...

Patients with moderate to severe psoriasis may benefit from weekend cyclosporine treatment (WCT) as a maintenance therapy, according to one study. The use of weekend cyclosporine treatment (WCT) was ...

Aug. 13, 2003 — Methotrexate and cyclosporine are equally effective for treatment of moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis, according to the results of a randomized study published in the August ...

Psoriasis affects 2–3% of the population, causing significant morbidity and financial burden. Immunosuppressive drugs such as cyclosporine are first line systemic therapies for moderate-to-severe ...

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This transcript has been edited for clarity. Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD: Welcome to Medscape InDiscussion on psoriasis. I'm your host, Dr Steve Feldman. For years we relied on older immunosuppressive ...

When you have psoriasis, your immune system sends out signals that cause your skin cells to renew themselves too fast. This too-active immune response is what makes scales and red patches form on your ...

Any practitioner who cares for patients with psoriasis should be familiar with and make use of systemic therapies. These medications are clearly indicated for patients who have diffuse disease where ...

It is great that we now have a variety of medications to treat our patients with psoriasis, but we often have to follow insurance requirements for our patients to get access to safer care. Most ...

WASHINGTON -- Knowing when not to use a biological agent to treat psoriasis can help optimize outcomes for many patients, a psoriasis specialist said here. Reasons for considering alternatives to ...

My body is a walking encyclopedia covering 40 years of psoriasis treatments. I've had hundreds of cortisone injections shot into my scalp, arms and legs. Thick black tar applied to my head so it could ...