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JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY
Volume 34, Issue 7, Pages 430-434Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2007.00305.x
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cyclosporine; preprandial administration; psoriasis vulgaris
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A study of therapeutic drug monitoring indicated that cyclosporin administered before meals produces higher blood concentrations than an equivalent dose administered after meals. Our objective was to compare the efficacy of cyclosporin administered before and after meals, respectively, in psoriasis vulgaris patients. We performed an open trial study. Patients were randomly assigned to receive cyclosporin before (group B, n = 20) or after meals (group A, n = 17), and were followed up in 10 dermatology clinics. The difference between groups was evaluated in severity. The percent reduction in psoriasis area and severity index score from baseline was 29.8% in group A and 75.4% in group B (A vs 13, P = 0.00005). Two patients in each group withdrew due to abnormality of laboratory data. Short-term, low-dose treatment with cyclosporin before rather than after meals is suggested as a new effective treatment regimen for psoriasis, with the added advantage of lowering costs.
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