New Treatment Paradigms in Psoriasis: Understanding and Incorporating Recent and Emerging Trends

Mar
2018
Vol. 37. No. 2

Introduction

Treating patients with psoriasis offers clinicians the opportunity to get back to their medical roots. Because the disease is multifaceted and challenging to manage, clinicians need to look beyond the skin for clues as to how they can best improve and relieve patients’ symptoms and signs.

The Evolving Landscape of Psoriasis Treatment

April W Armstrong, MD, MPH | Kenneth B. Gordon, MD | M. Alan Menter, MD | Jashin J. Wu, MD
When researchers discovered in 1979 that the immunosuppressant cyclosporine successfully cleared psoriatic plaques, the scientific community began to consider psoriasis not “just a skin disease.”
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Common and Not-So-Common Comorbidities of Psoriasis

M. Alan Menter, MD | April W Armstrong, MD, MPH | Kenneth B. Gordon, MD | Jashin J. Wu, MD
Scientific research continues to reveal the inflammatory process that is the basis of many chronic conditions, including psoriasis and its many associated comorbidities.
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Practical Strategies for Optimizing Management of Psoriasis

Jashin J. Wu, MD | April W Armstrong, MD, MPH | Kenneth B. Gordon, MD | M. Alan Menter, MD
Adherence to psoriasis therapy has been traditionally poor. For patients with mild to moderate psoriasis, topical therapy has an especially steep drop-off rate: A survey of 1,200 patients reported that 73% did not adhere to their topical treatment.
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