Relieving the symptoms of psoriasis is a matter of first importance for the patient, but not everyone knows how to do it correctly, effectively and without harm to health. Pharmacies sell medications in various forms: creams, ointments, tablets, sprays. Depending on the stage of the disease and the presence of complications, the attending physician prescribes a suitable form.
As a rule, the initial stage is treated with one form of medication, but in the severe stage, complex treatment cannot be avoided. In this case, it is necessary to use ointments or creams and combine them with taking pills. Like all drugs, tablets can be hormonal or not, with a natural composition and synthetic ones.
A dermatologist will tell you which tablets for psoriasis will help in a particular case, but it is important to know the differences and properties of the types of tablets for psoriasis. We present to you a list of the most popular and effective tablets for skin psoriasis, their brief description and reviews of use.
Tablets for psoriasis based on Immunostimulants
They began to use this type of tablet for the treatment of psoriasis only recently. The principle of operation of immunostimulants is to improve the performance of the immune system, which is usually impaired in psoriasis.
Milgamma
The drug Milgamma can be used to treat the symptoms of psoriasis not only on the limbs and body, but also for psoriatic rashes on the head. You can buy the product in two forms: capsules and tablets. Milgamma includes two active ingredients, which are B vitamins. The product also consists of lidocaine, sodium alkali, and cellulose.
Milgamma for psoriasis
Milgamma tablets for psoriasis
A correctly selected combination of components allows the product to relieve inflammation, restore the skin and have an analgesic effect. It improves blood circulation and stimulates the immune system. The cost can vary from 280 to 1350 rubles.
Befungin
The active component of these tablets is birch mushroom, or chaga. The composition includes biologically active substances. The spectrum of action of the drug is quite wide; it is used for psoriasis to relieve symptoms due to the fact that it restores the skin, improves immunity, and destroys bacteria. They are used in the form of a solution, diluted in water or in the form of capsules.
The tablets have a small list of contraindications; they cannot be used for liver diseases, alcoholism, children under 18 years of age, and sometimes causes an allergic reaction. Compliance with the rules of use guarantees the safety of the medication.
The cost starts from 450 rubles.
Heptor Lycopid
This drug activates the immune system. It relieves the symptoms of skin diseases, accelerating the development and reproduction of healthy cells and stopping pathological ones. The product protects the body, eliminates inflammatory processes, regenerates the skin, actively protects the liver and destroys harmful bacteria. It is often taken for dermatological diseases.
Photo Heptor for psoriasis
The drug Heptor for psoriasis
The product should not be used by pregnant women, children under three years of age, or those with hypersensitivity to substances in the medication. Side effects are rare and include increased body temperature above 37 degrees and fever. In this case, it is necessary to change the medicine. The duration of therapy is 1.5-3 weeks. You need to take 1-2 tablets every day. The cost varies from 150 to 1900 rubles, depending on the dosage.
Comparative performance analysis
According to research, the best modern and proven methods of treating psoriasis are:
- ointments with solid oil (37%) – Magnipsor, Cytopsor, Antipsor;
- dietary nutrition (33%) – refusal of food, provoked by a complication of the disease;
- resorts, belneotherapy, climate change (26%) - sanatorium treatment or moving to an ecologically clean area will help to avoid exacerbation in winter;
- salt baths (19%) – sea salt has a positive effect on the affected skin areas and the patient’s nervous system;
- ointments with tar (14%) – Anthramin ointment, Antisporin, Colloidin;
- anticytokine selective therapy for psoriasis (12%) - influence on the epidermis due to an ultraviolet ray of a specified length;
- hormonal creams (12%) – Betamethasone, Budesonide;
- exposure to heat in a bath or sauna (12%) is a harmless and ineffective treatment for genital and other types of psoriasis;
- physical exercise (12%) – any load increases the body’s protective functions, mood and improves health;
- ointments based on calcitriol (12%) - an expensive drug reduces and removes plaques on the epidermis;
- beneficial fasting (10%) – the treatment method is prescribed in a hospital due to a large list of contraindications;
- ointments with salicylic acid (10%) - accelerate the healing of plaques, but do not cure;
- herbal medicine (10%) – the use of medicinal plants is ineffective, many of which cause allergies.
The list also includes such procedures and means as taking enterosorbents, healing baths with herbs and turpentine, ultraviolet irradiation, the use of vitamins, dietary supplements, immunomodulators, anthelmintic therapy, and plasmaphoresis. Treatment of psoriasis using the 10 10 10 method, hypnosis or the Hungarian scheme is considered not the most effective.
Some patients require comprehensive treatment for skin psoriasis, including a visit to the dentist, if the cause of psoriasis lies in the presence of inflammation in the oral cavity. Here are some characteristics of medications studied by the Society of Dermatologists, which are used in the combined treatment of psoriasis.
| Means | Efficiency | Safety/tolerability during induction therapy | Safety/tolerability during maintenance therapy |
| Dithranol | average | average | not shown |
| Vitamin D analogues | Fine | Fine | Fine |
| Coal tar | Badly | Badly | not shown |
| Calcineurin inhibitors | no data | average | Not shown |
| Tazarotene | average | average | average |
| Glucocorticosteroids | Great | Fine | Badly |
Treatment of psoriasis with hypnosis has a positive outcome only when the disease is provoked by mental disorders and malfunctions of the central nervous system.
Hormonal tablets for psoriasis
Hormonal medications include hormones - substances that are very active in combating the symptoms of psoriasis. These are the most effective remedies, but they have many contraindications and side effects. You can take hormonal pills only as directed by your doctor; he also indicates the dosage independently, depending on the stage and severity of the disease.
Metipred
This medicine includes synthetic components. It very effectively relieves inflammation and actively fights allergies. The principle of operation of the drug is that, unlike immunostimulants, it, on the contrary, reduces the activity of the immune system, since in psoriasis its improper functioning leads to the appearance of pathological cells leading to the disease. As a result, the pathological cells die off, new ones do not appear and the symptoms of psoriasis disappear. Metypred is used for various dermatological diseases, such as eczema, psoriasis, lupus erythematosus.
Metypred for psoriasis
Metypred tablets for psoriasis
The cost varies from 180 to 430 rubles. Use without the supervision of a physician is not recommended, as improper use can lead to worsening of the disease.
Betamethasone
Suitable for treating all areas of the body, including psoriasis on the scalp. It is used for all types of psoriatic skin lesions. The main component is the substance of the same name betamethasone. It is used for long-term treatment of the disease and in combination with other medications. Betamethasone is an immunosuppressant, meaning it reduces the activity of the immune system to prevent the development of abnormal cells due to improper functioning of the immune system.
Betamethasone can be used by pregnant women if the results obtained and the benefits are greater than the risks. It cannot be used for diabetes mellitus or fungus, since a decrease in immunity leads to the development of fungal cells. The duration of therapy is determined by the attending physician, as well as the dosage. The cost varies from 100 to 450 rubles depending on the number of tablets in the package.
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Antihistamines
Antihistamines for psoriasis are used to relieve the symptoms of the disease. They effectively eliminate swelling, relieve inflammation, redness and rashes, and swelling.
Suprastin
These allergy pills are also actively used for psoriasis. They are used as an addition to the main treatment to speed up the elimination of symptoms such as itching, swelling, redness and rashes. Suprastin has a mild hypnotic effect.
Suprastin for psoriasis
Suprastin tablets for psoriasis
Suprastin is prohibited for use by pregnant women, lactating women, for diseases of the respiratory system, kidney and heart diseases, and liver diseases. After stopping the course of therapy with these tablets, side effects appear, but rarely. The cost of the medicine is from 100 to 550 rubles.
Tavegil
The main active substance is clemastine. This antihistamine medication treats psoriasis by stopping the activity of histamine receptors. It is used to eliminate allergies, relieve itching, swelling, and rashes.
Tavegil tablets for psoriasis
Tavegil for psoriasis
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Contraindications of the drug include age under six years, prohibited for nursing and pregnant women, lung diseases, individual intolerance to substances in the composition. Often causes increased fatigue, weakness, rarely nausea, vomiting, dry mouth, headache and other side effects. The cost varies from 150 to 300 rubles.
Tsetrin
Citrine tablets are widely used for psoriasis as an adjunct to other forms of medication. It helps relieve symptoms of the disease. The main active substance is cetirizine. The effect appears 20 minutes after taking the product and lasts for three days.
Cetrin tablets for psoriasis
Cetrin for psoriasis
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Do not use by pregnant women, breastfeeding women, those with hypersensitivity to substances in the composition, kidney disease or liver disease, or children under six years of age. The cost starts from 150 rubles, up to 300.
Hepatoprotectors
During psoriasis, the liver receives a strong blow. Also, many medications for this skin disease contain toxins, which causes even more damage to the liver. Therefore, to protect such an important gland in our body, it is necessary to use special means - hepatoprotectors.
Heptral
These tablets not only restore liver cells, but also have an antidepressant effect. The main active component is ademetionine 1,4-butane disulfonate.
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Heptral tablets for psoriasis
Release form Heptral for psoriasis
The tablets should not be taken by pregnant women or those with individual intolerance to the components. The product very rarely causes side effects. Many people prefer other medications because of the high cost - one package of tablets costs at least 1000 rubles, the price reaches two thousand.
Karsil
The product is considered safe as it consists of herbal ingredients. The main active ingredient is spotted milk thistle. It contains a lot of vitamins and minerals.
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Carsil tablets for psoriasis
Karsil for psoriasis
Very rarely causes a laxative effect. The only contraindications are individual intolerance to milk thistle. The cost varies from 300 to 450 rubles.
Types of medications
All medications for psoriasis are divided into drugs for the treatment of psoriasis internally, as well as external agents. External preparations are ointments on a hormonal or non-hormonal basis, vitamin preparations. Medicines for internal use may be as follows:
- cytostatics;
- anti-inflammatory drugs;
- hepatoprotectors;
- keratolytics;
- immunosuppressants;
- biological products;
- sedatives;
- antiallergic drugs;
- immunomodulators;
- vitamin complexes.
All medications for psoriasis are prescribed by a doctor, taking into account the individual characteristics of the patient and the severity of the disease.
New generation tablets for psoriasis
Since medicine is developing every day, research has revealed in which cases psoriasis develops faster and in what ways it can be prevented. A list of drugs has been compiled that are effective in relieving the symptoms of psoriasis.
Laminin
The product is developed based on chicken egg extract. The reason for choosing such an unusual component for tablets was the research conducted in this area. According to them, eggs contain a lot of useful substances that will help relieve the symptoms of psoriasis. It contains many vitamins and minerals.
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Laminin for psoriasis
Laminin tablets for psoriasis
Recently, the product has become widely used. The cost of the drug compared to other drugs is very high - from two and a half thousand rubles. Reviews about the medicine are controversial.
Fumaderm
The main component is fumaric acid. It should be used under the supervision of a specialist, gradually increasing the dosage. May cause gastrointestinal disturbances and rash.
Fumaderm tablets for psoriasis
Fumaderm for psoriasis
The drug is made in Germany. The cost is 25 thousand rubles.
Imupsora
The manufacturer of the medicine is India. It was developed specifically to relieve symptoms of dermatological diseases. Actively relieves inflammation, itching, restores the skin. Compared to other new generation drugs, the price is low - from 400 rubles.
Herbs and infusions
In the treatment of psoriasis, traditional medicine is effective, which involves the preparation of various medicines based on natural ingredients. Most often, herbs such as celandine, sage, licorice, hops, and calendula are used for this purpose. Papules can be wiped with the juice of the listed plants. This is a good addition to external medicinal treatment.
Decoctions are prepared based on herbs and other plants. They are taken orally or used for compresses and lotions. Let's look at a few effective recipes:
- Pour 1 liter of boiling water over 4 tablespoons of string and leave for 2 hours in a thermos. Drink the infusion three times a day, 100 g, until your health improves.
Reviews from those who have tried tablets for the treatment of psoriasis
Ignat, 42 years old, Tula
I took Heptral tablets for psoriasis. It takes a long time to be treated with them, but the cost of the product turned out to be very high for me. Even one package is expensive, but I had to use three. I had no side effects, and the product improves my mood. They say that psoriasis appears with nervous disorders, so this is a plus for the remedy. I advise you to use it for psoriasis along with ointments or creams, but only if the price is affordable for you.
Olga, 34 years old, Tver
After reading reviews about Methotrexate tablets for psoriasis, I decided to buy them. I used it strictly according to the instructions. The medicine helped me very effectively - it relieved symptoms such as itching, burning, inflammation. She was treated under the supervision of a doctor, so she often took tests during treatment. I recommend the tablets.
Diagnostics
As a rule, in order to make a correct diagnosis, doctors only need a visual examination of the patient. However, in order to rule out lichen and determine the type of psoriatic plaques to determine the most appropriate treatment and medications, tissue examination (particularly scrapings) as well as an examination of general health may be required.
Tablets and ointments for psoriasis, which help combat skin problems, often have a beneficial effect on the general condition of the body.
