Systemic Therapies
Systemic therapies are those that work inside your body rather than being applied to your skin. There is a range of systemic medications that your healthcare team may prescribe. The choice of systemic therapy will be based on the severity and type of your psoriasis. The most common systemic medications include:
There may be other systemic treatments that you may be prescribed.
Biologics are another type of systemic medication which may be prescribed for moderate to severe psoriasis when other systemic medication or phototherapy has not controlled your psoriasis adequately, or when other systemics cannot be used. To find out more about biologics please click here.