Highly effective med: Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease involving the white blood cells attacking the skin as if it was bacteria or a virus. Low dose weekly Methotrexate is very effective in treating psoriasis--the way it works is not completely understood but decades of use show it's a reliable and safe drug (no alchohol! while taking). Enbrel (etanercept) is a newer highly effective drug that neutralizes tnf, inflammatory protein.
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See details: Methotrexate is an anti-inflammatory with some immunosuppressive properties and Enbrel (etanercept) is a tnf agent. Both are very effective for psoriasis, especially the enbrel (etanercept). They both have risks with infection the greatest one for enbrel (etanercept).
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