Open AccessSurvey and Comparative Study on Treatment of Psoriasis
Author(s) -
Aishwarya Madhav,
Rohan Sawant,
Pratik Desai,
Harish Mhapsekar,
Sagar Minat,
Dattatraya Shinkar,
V. A. Jagtap
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of pharmaceutical sciences review and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0976-044X
DOI - 10.47583/ijpsrr.2021.v69i02.016
Subject(s) - psoriasis , medicine , disease , alternative medicine , population , family medicine , dermatology , physical therapy , pathology , environmental health
Psoriasis is autoimmune chronic inflammatory disease which has affected 2% of total population but varies according to region. Themain purpose of this work to conduct survey and comparatively study of various antipsoriatic drugs for their therapeutic dose ,potency & their side effects . so that it will help in correct choice of medication to treat it. Different classes of drugs have beencompared such as biologic & non biologic etc. Now a days combination therapy is also used which is also compared in this article. A survey-based study was conducted amongst the patients, pharmacists, & physicians in March 2021. A questionnaire was prepared. For the patient survey we had focused on various parameters and prepared a questionary. Later we had taken the print out and we asked that questions to patient, pharmacists and physicians. Our main aim for conducting the survey was to segment the patient on the basis of their age, gender, also treatment they have been taking. From this survey we conclude that the maximum number of peoples suffering from psoriasis was above 40 years & also it was found that more number of females patients are suffering from psoriasis. We found that people suffering from psoriasis was undergoing with allopathic treatment. We had looked for medication of both allopathic as well as ayurvedic in the market & studied the market segment on the basis of which fomulation has been prescribed by physician, so we found that allopathic treatment has been prescribed by doctor. Plaque psoriasis was most common in patient & also from this survey we found that biologic therapy was most costly than other therapies and this therapy mostly prescribed by doctor. From above one can conclude that, most of the treatment, methods and drugs available in the market gives symptomatic relief or are effective towards only one of the causes of psoriasis which fails in treating psoriasis. The combination therapy are used nowadays for treating psoriatic arthritis, but if these