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    Condition: Severe Psoriasis that is Resistant to Treatment
    5/4/2021 6:22:33 PM

    Reviewer: Doreen, 55-64 on Treatment for less than 1 month

    Effectiveness

    Current Rating: 3

    Ease of Use

    Current Rating: 4

    Satisfaction

    Current Rating: 3

    Comment:
    1 week on this medication, experiencing migraines, vomiting, weakness, dry lips. It started to look a little better but the migraines are unbearable for me. Hopefully there is something better that my body will tolerate.

    Condition: Severe Psoriasis that is Resistant to Treatment
    4/15/2021 5:29:20 PM

    Reviewer: Donna, 55-64 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months

    Effectiveness

    Current Rating: 3

    Ease of Use

    Current Rating: 4

    Satisfaction

    Current Rating: 2

    Comment:
    I have psoriasis on hands and feet. Not really clearing up. Better but still there. Been on it since Feb, 3 months. My hair is falling out in clumps and I’m worried it won’t grow back or won’t stop. Lips are severely dry. Dry eyes. I am a female so the hair loss is horrible for me. I’m thinking of stopping.

    Condition: Severe Psoriasis that is Resistant to Treatment
    6/3/2017 4:58:58 PM

    Reviewer: Holty, 65-74 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

    Effectiveness

    Current Rating: 4

    Ease of Use

    Current Rating: 4

    Satisfaction

    Current Rating: 5

    Comment:
    I have been taking 25mg for 3 weeks along with Blue light therapy twice a week. my skin is beginning to clear (50%). Very happy with the results so far. Experiencing itching and feet peeling.

    Condition: Severe Psoriasis that is Resistant to Treatment
    1/10/2017 4:06:00 AM

    Reviewer: rod, on Treatment for less than 1 month

    Effectiveness

    Current Rating: 4

    Ease of Use

    Current Rating: 5

    Satisfaction

    Current Rating: 5

    Comment:
    i have been on 25mg a day for 2 weeks , previously tried so many steroid creams some of which had horrible side effects , early days for me but no side effects so far apart from slightly increased thirst. today my feet which had been cracked and covered in hard skin and very painful started peeling and the hard skin coming away, feeling very optomistic now

    Condition: Severe Psoriasis that is Resistant to Treatment
    1/22/2016 8:58:05 AM

    Reviewer: Be Unstoppable!, 45-54 on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)

    Effectiveness

    Current Rating: 5

    Ease of Use

    Current Rating: 5

    Satisfaction

    Current Rating: 5

    Comment:
    Tried a number of treatments with little benefit-laser, creams, etc. This med did the trick. No more cracked, painful hands and fingers. Minimal side effects for me. I now take it once every 15 to 30 days as needed. My dermatologist recommended taking it with alcohol because it extends it's effectiveness through reverse metabolism into etretinate. As a male who has little chance of becoming pr ... Show Full Comment

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