cyclosporine for eczema
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cyclosporine for eczema
Hi New here. I'm at my wits end. I have had eczema all my life. my skin is horrible looking from all the steroids. In the last year, I got it on my face, I've never had it on there before (im 50) I'm so embarassed to even go out. any way the dr has given me steroid shots and its not helping. so they prescribed cyclosporine. Has anyone ever heard of this being prescribed before? if anyone has it on their face what have you used and has it worked? any help would be greatly appreciated.thanks
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Re: cyclosporine for eczema
Hi claudineskiles,
Thank you for posting on the forum and sorry to hear of your frustration with eczema. Unfortunately we are unable to give specific medical advice on individual conditions here, but please find a link to information on eczema from The British Skin Foundation's website. They say " People with severe or widespread atopic eczema not responding to topical treatments may need oral treatments (taken by mouth). These work by dampening down the immune system and are given under the close supervision of a health care professional" One of the options is cyclosporine. Please find link to that page here (under the heading 'other treatments':
https://www.britishskinfoundation.org.uk/eczema
Please also find info on cyclosporine itself here:
https://www.gwh.nhs.uk/media/183096/cyclosporin.pdf
If you find that cyclosporin isn't helping you may want to look at one of our client's websites here:
https://www.chucklinggoat.co.uk/
They help a lot of people with eczema by balancing the gut with friendly bacteria.
We hope that you find some relief soon.
Kind regards
talkhealth
Thank you for posting on the forum and sorry to hear of your frustration with eczema. Unfortunately we are unable to give specific medical advice on individual conditions here, but please find a link to information on eczema from The British Skin Foundation's website. They say " People with severe or widespread atopic eczema not responding to topical treatments may need oral treatments (taken by mouth). These work by dampening down the immune system and are given under the close supervision of a health care professional" One of the options is cyclosporine. Please find link to that page here (under the heading 'other treatments':
https://www.britishskinfoundation.org.uk/eczema
Please also find info on cyclosporine itself here:
https://www.gwh.nhs.uk/media/183096/cyclosporin.pdf
If you find that cyclosporin isn't helping you may want to look at one of our client's websites here:
https://www.chucklinggoat.co.uk/
They help a lot of people with eczema by balancing the gut with friendly bacteria.
We hope that you find some relief soon.
Kind regards
talkhealth
Re: cyclosporine for eczema
Hi, I can empathise. I too have eczema all over my face, currently looking a bit like a burns victim. I’ve not been prescribed cyclosporine, so can’t comment on that. I’ve had various skin issues through my life (Seborrheic dermatitis, lichen planus, contact dermatitis). This issue with my face started when I was about 44 and my skin went from being usually quite oily to exceptionally dry. It’s just got worse and worse. I’ve tried steroid topical treatments (hydrocortisone, betnovate) which shifted it initially but it keeps coming back ever stronger. I’ve recently been prescribed protopic, although early days it does seem to be working. I’ve eliminated as many potential triggers as possible and I’m now left wondering if this isn’t somehow related to pre-menopause?
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Re: cyclosporine for eczema
I know puberty affects eczema, so possibly hormonal changes play a role. Keep safe, and especially not infected cos difficult to go hospital in this covid19 situation, take care!
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