Apremilast is the newest available oral treatment targeting psoriatic arthritis with the different biological pathway . Most of the patients develop psoriasis first and later get diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis. The disorder has only symptomatic treatment option. This article gives a short overview of this new drug molecule. Psoriatic arthritis is a type of arthritis found in patients who are suffering from psoriasis.
Most of these patients show symptoms of psoriasis first and later get diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis. Actually,joint problems in these patients start before the psoriasis symptoms but appears later. Joint pain, stiffness, and swelling of joints are main symptoms of the disorder and it can affect any part of the body in relatively moderate to severe range. The patients are treated with NSAIDs, DMARDs, immunosuppressant and TNF-alfa inhibitors. However, these drugs…
