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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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Ask the Expert: Methotrexate Side Effects

By Mark Borigini, M.D. , Health Expert

...8 years, diagnosed at age 25. I have been taking methotrexate and having good results with this... Read more »

Fighting Rheumatoid Arthritis With Chicken Collagen

By Mark Borigini, M.D. , Health Expert

...involved in this study gave the participants oral dosages of type II collagen that had been... Read more »

Flexibility and Close Patient Contact Key to Successful RA Treatment

By Christine Miller , Health Expert

...physicians had the flexibility to change drugs or increase dosages and drugs to produce the best... Read more »

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Rheumatoid Arthritis: Medications

...irritation. About 50% of people taking oral gold experience diarrhea, which can be offset by reducing the dosage or taking bulk formers, such as Metamucil.Injected gold is the most toxic of all... Read more »

Rheumatoid Arthritis: References

...A multicenter, randomized, double-blind clinical trial of combination therapy with adalimumab plus methotrexate versus methotrexate alone or adalimumab alone in patients with early, aggressive... Read more »

Psoriasis: Highlights

...ResearchResults from a Phase III (late-stage) study show that adalimumab (Humira) is more effective than methotrexate in the treatment of moderate-to-severe psoriasis. In the study, 80% of... Read more »

Crohn's Disease: Medications

...produce natural steroids. Withdrawal symptoms, including fever, malaise, and joint pain may occur if the dosage is lowered too rapidly. If this happens, the dosage is increased slightly and... Read more »

Rheumatoid Arthritis: Treatment

...progression of the disease. They are much more effective than NSAIDs but also have more side effects. Methotrexate (Rheumatrex, Trexall) is the most widely used of these drugs.Biologic Response... Read more »

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