Psoriasis y ciclosporina: un intento de terapia tópica / Psoriasis and cyclosporine: an intent of topic therapy

RESUMO

In eight patients with chronic and stable psoriasis, the usefulness of topical cyclosporine solution using 50 percent dimethylsulfoxide as a vehicle was assessed in a randomly chosen plate and compared with a similar solution without cyclosporine in a contralateral plate. After six months of treatment, the plates involuted in two patients and in the rest there was a 1 to 3 points reduction in the local psoriasis area severity istry were detected. It is concluded that topical cyclosporine is effective in the treatment of psoriasis, but only after a prolonged application period