| Sparks 2005-08-24, 5:51 pm |
| Hi S
Yes I did get up to 25% crude tar, as you say its made in one hospital
somewhere in England.
I believe that I was unusual to get to 25% without burning, although by 25%
it was starting to burn a bit.
The short contact therapy was a bit of an enterprise by the nurses on the
dermitology ward. They took patients in the evenings when the main work of
the day was over. The idea being to take work off the doctors. The doctors
would refer patients to the nurses and a staff nurse would basically run the
treatment with occasional reference to the doctor. They had a pretty good
success rate and it allowed lots of us to keep working.
Most folk who were going to respond did so under 15% and within 6-12 weeks.
It may be that if you can get an enquiry with the hospital ward they run or
could run something like that.
Hydroxycarbamide is an old treatment is an old treatment and is less likely
to be effective than MTX but is also less likely to cause problems. (Its
also one of the cheapest drug treatments around I believe.) I figure that
it's worth a try even if its less likely to work on the grounds that if it
does work then its easier to live with and shows improvement within a month.
1.5g per day is the normal dose so I doubt that your derm would want to go
any stronger. I assume that theres a problem if your derm is looking for a
biologic.
Sparks
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> Cheers, Sparks. I don't think my derm. knows of short contact therapy !
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> Did you actually have 25% *crude* coal tar ? Pharmacist at the hosp. said
> that 10% was the absolute maximum - the stuff really burns.
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> (Un)fortunately, I'm unemployed, and as my legs are a disaster area, I may
> be qualifying for some form of disability. My derm. doesn't seem to want
to
> use much Hydroxyurea, he has applied to my PCT for funding for a new
> biologic, and we're waiting to hear.
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