Ditrastick combined with UVB. An alternative regimen for plaque psoriasis
Brandt, H.
Acta Dermato-Venereologica. Supplementum 146: 102-103
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0365-8341 PMID: 2609849 Document Number: 327975
Two comparable groups of 15 out-patients with symmetrical plaque psoriasis were included in an open right-left comparison study. Paraffin based, 3% dithranol (anthralin) sticks (Ditrastick), Orion Pharmaceutica, Espoo, Finland) and 0.5-1% dithranol in white petrolatum were used in combination with UVB. Both suberythema doses and MED doses were used and the effect of UVB-pretreatment was studied. Pretreatment with UVB and combination therapy with dithranol using suberythema doses of UVB seems to decrease dithranol irritation and shorten the treatment time. Preliminary results are given.