The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 271 No 7262 p199
16 August 2003

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Psoriasis treatments similar

Methotrexate and ciclosporin are similarly effective for the treatment of moderate-to-severe chronic plaque psoriasis, say researchers.

In a study involving 88 patients, the two therapies were found to reduce the severity of disease by a similar amount and were both well tolerated (New England Journal of Medicine 2003;349:658).