Relapse rate of psoriasis worsened by adding steroids to a dithranol regime.
The rate of relapse after dithranol therapy is significantly less that when betamethasone valerate under occlusion is combined with ditrhanol in the treatment of psoriasis. It is also argued that local steroids are inferior to deithranol in the management of psoriasis.
D000873:Anthracenes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000875:Anthralin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001623:Betamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012008:Recurrence
D000873:Anthracenes; D001623:Betamethasone; D000875:Anthralin