It causes itchy, raised patches of skin that look and feel uncomfortable, but a Cobb County man believes he may have found a breakthrough. It kind of pinches you, and then your skin feels too tight. It's not, like, super intense pain, but it's just irritating. It's hard to sleep. Weisman says plaque psoriasis is an autoinflammatory skin disease that tends to hit people in adulthood, but can affect just about anyone. It likes the scalp. It likes the elbows, it likes the knees.
Weisman says. But about four months ago, he had a breakthrough. Morrison started receiving injections of a newly FDA-approved monoclonal antibody, Bimzelx, which Weisman helped study in clinical trials. It is designed to block two naturally occurring proteins in the body thought to trigger the inflammation and swelling driving psoriasis. The safety and efficacy of Bimzelx were evaluated in two clinical trials involving adult patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.
And, Weisman says, the treatment works quickly, sometimes after the first injection. My psoriasis is going away after just that first injection,'" she says. Greg Morrison says this is the first treatment that seems to be helping both his skin and his joint pain.
This is the first time since I developed the arthritis that I've been good with both," he says. Bimzelx impacts the immune system and can reduce the body's ability to fight off infection.
Side effects of the treatment can include upper respiratory tract infections, headache, herpes simplex infections cold sores in or around the mouth , small red bumps on the skin feeling tired, fungal infections oral thrush or infections in the mouth, throat, skin, nails, feet, or genitals , pain, redness, or swelling at the injection site, stomach flu gastroenteritis , and acne, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
