Advice on using steroids and avoiding the rebound effect
Posted Tue 14 Nov 2017 20.06 by dai
Does anyone have any experience with using steroids and getting a violent rebound after discontinuing?
In my experience I have found dovobet to be a very effective steroid, but everytime I've used it in the past, when the plaques have mostly cleared I have stopped suddenly only to have a violent rebound a few days later which often causes plaque to grow in size as well as severity.
My doctor however has once again prescribed dovobet and betnovate, but told me that I should begin slowly weaning myself off to avoid rebound.
I'm still very wary of using these, does anyone have any experience / advice for avoiding rebound with steroid creams?
Posted Fri 17 Nov 2017 15.14 by Idy
Phototherapy, methotrexate, ciclosporin and stelara afficionado
Hi Dai. When coming off topical steroids such as Dovobet and Betnovate, I've tended to apply them every other day for a couple of weeks, then twice a week for a couple of weeks, and then stop altogether. Although the psoriasis came back after a couple of weeks in most cases, it wasn't any worse than it was before.
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