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Patient Guide to: Psoriasis

Psoriasis Treatment

Authors: Dr. Lyn C. Guenther, Dr. John Koo, Dr. Jane Choi

Quality of Life

OTC TREATMENT

Moisturizers, Tars, Salicylic acid, Other Shampoos, Hydrocortisone cream, and Anthralin

TOPICAL TREATMENT

Topical corticosteroids, Topical calcipotriol/calcipotriene, and Topical tazarotene

ORAL TREATMENT

Methotrexate, Acitretin, and Clyclosporine

IMMUNOBIOLOGICS

LIGHT THERAPY

UVB, PUVA, Re-PUVA, and Laser

COMBINATION THERAPY

Phototherapy + Drugs/Tar/Anthralin

BY TYPE OF PSORIASIS

Plaque, Mild, Extensive, Guttate, Inverse, Pustular, Erythrodermic, Nail, Psoriatic Arthritis

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