Current Treatment Options in Psoriasis (Hospital Practice) Reviews

Current Treatment Options in Psoriasis (Hospital Practice)





Much has been learned about the pathophysiology of psoriasis during the last decade, and as a result, traditional treatments such as coal tar have been joined by immunosuppressive agents. Patients can be offered a variety of therapies keyed to the type and severity of disease.

Once considered a hyperproliferative disorder, psoriasis is now recognized as an autoimmune phenomenon involving activation of T cells. As a result, new immunosuppressive agents have been added to the list of traditional therapies, opening a new chapter of biotechnology-based immunomodulatory therapy. For the 1% to 3% of the world's population that suffers from this chronic skin disease (Figure 1), the prospects for successful and sustained relief have never been better.









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