BACKGROUND Poor adherence to topical therapy in psoriasis remains an issue; it is associated with poor clinical outcomes, reduced quality of life and increased costs. Treatment-related factors leading to poor adherence include lack of efficacy, excessive time applying medication and poor cosmetic characteristics (e.g. slow absorption, greasiness). OBJECTIVE To assess the topical treatment att...

Nonadherence to topical treatment of psoriasis is a common cause of treatment failure. This focus group study was conducted to obtain the patients' own experiences and explanations regarding medical adherence. The participants consisted of eight primary adherent patients with moderate psoriasis treated with corticosteroid or corticosteroid-calcipotriol combinations, purposefully sampled by age ...

Table I. Patients’ own opinion regarding eYcacy after 12 Sir, months Calcipotriol, a vitamin D derivative, has proven to be eVective in the treatment of nail psoriasis (1–4). The Hands (n= 48) Feet (n= 53) purpose of this open study was to evaluate the eYcacy n (%) n (%) and safety of the combined treatment of nail psoriasis Poor 3 (6.2) 6 (11.3 ) with calcipotriol cream and clobetasol propiona...

Topical corticosteroids, alone or in combination with calcipotriol, a topical vitamin D analog, have proved effective treating mild to moderate psoriasis. like clobetasol propionate, vasoconstrictor effect on the peripheral dermal vessels, and this explains skin atrophy psoriatic patients applying corticosteroids regularly for long periods. However, new treatment psoriasis has been developed pa...