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Treatment of LS using Methrotrexate sp?

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Lainimac
Lainimac

This drug is using to treat severe psoriasis conditions. Has anyone read anything about use for our condition. It suppresses the auto immune system so  cells cant reproduce to build more bad cells and is taken orally in tiny doses 

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  • Morrell1951
    Morrell1951 Lainimac

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    My mother was given Methrotrexate for her rheumatoid arthritis when after thirty years she was taken off prednisone. Like chemo patients who take it, she got a very sore mouth. Then, after a few weeks she had psoriasis all over her arms. She was far from home, visiting me, so I went and talked to my pharmacist who showed me the big info sheet with pretty extensive side effects. Then Mom phoned her rheumatologist and he told her to stop taking it. She's doing very well after a decade or more on Arava, an NSAID.

    I myself would only agree to take it if nothing else worked and my LS was really painful or scarring quickly.

  • margaret289
    margaret289 Lainimac

    Posted

    I wouldn't like to try Methotrexate unless really desperate.

    Margaret

  • Lainimac
    Lainimac

    Posted

    Thanks alk for the feedback.  
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