When there are several drugs or types of drugs ava

When there are several drugs or types of drugs available, doctors usually first prescribe the one with the fewest side effects and/or the one that is least disruptive to the normal functioning of the body. If the less-invasive drug doesn't work, then they switch to other drugs. Those heavily-advertised drugs that are immune-system disruptors and have as their side effects cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, serious infections, etc., and which are administered by injection-- those drugs are much less likely to be prescribed as the first-line treatment than a drug that can be taken orally and has lesser side effects.

I also note that one of those drugs says that it starts working in 4 months. This VERY PRELIMINARY Prurisol study found that it worked within weeks.

Also remember: not only is Prurisol an oral medication rather than administered by injection, but so far the side effect seem to be less. Here's the thing we don't know:

Is this a CURE rather than a treatment? It seemed to be a cure in the mice, but the mice didn't survive long enough after the trial to know whether the psoriasis comes back after awhile.

In any case, a treatment that makes the psoriasis go away for some period of time, which means the person could go off the medication, is certainly preferable to a treatment that requires constant dosing, like Humira and Taltz.