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Other treatments for psoriasis may be taken by mouth (oral) or given by an injection (injected). These drugs are called "systemic" because they affect the entire body. Many of the systemic drugs used for psoriasis are also used for other severe diseases, including autoimmune diseases (especially rheumatoid arthritis) and cancer. Nearly all are powerful medications with potentially serious side effects. These drugs should be used only for severely incapacitating cases of psoriasi...
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...erythropoietin.Not all chronic diseases involve the inflammatory process and anemia. For example, high blood pressure is a chronic disease, but it does not affect red blood cells.Treatment-Related... Read more »Crohn's Disease: Medications
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