Suggest remedy for psoriasis and opinion on medicines Mega 3 and Allegra
Patient: Sir, I'm suffering from psoriases since last eight months.Is this disease in curable? What mega 3 of Dr.reddey  effects to cure psoriases and as well as aquasol A Capsules, besides allegra teb? Kindly advice me in this regards.  With thanks.  D.K.Jain Doctor: Thank you for your question!!Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease, which remits spontaneously in 1/3 of patients, but the course is not predictable. It can be controlled rather than cured, and you can keep it in control but with a careful avoidance of trigger factors that can exacerbate it, also with the continuous use of medications.Allegra tab is fexofenadine an antihistamine to suppress pruritus. Mega 3 are omega 3 oral supplements which showed some degree of improvement in psoriasis lesions. Aquasol A capsules are vitamin A supplements which also help with psoriasis.How long are you on these medications? Have you noticed improvement?Are your lesions localized or generalized?Anyway I would like to give you some recommendations and general principles how to control the disease.I am not aiming to get rid of the psoriasis, but to make the condition tolerable.Try to avoid the factors that exacerbate psoriasis such as: Infections (tonsillitis, pharyngitis), trauma to the skin, stress or emotional upset, some drugs such as beta blockers, lithium etc.You can use the medicines you are taking, except Allegra tab unless you have pruritus.If a patient the same with your situation would meet my clinic, I would suggest to move to some topical preparations such as Vitamin D3 analogues (calcipotriol) applied 2 times daily for 3 months, also a topical cortiocosteroid cream applied twice a day also for 2-3 weeks. You can also mix these two together and apply them. You should talk to your doctor about prescribed medications.It is crucial that you use moisturisers 3 times daily, and if the situation is not under control your physician can advice you about systemic treatment.Be careful to do the screening before starting a systemic treatment.I hope this helps. Feel free to ask again if anything is unclear.Wish you good health!Dr. Migena GEGA