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Have Pemphigus Vulgaris. Took Steroids. Reoccurred. Taking Deltacortil, Amorin And Neo-k. Suggestions?

I am a 45 years old. I got pemphigus vulgaris in 2010, I hospitzalized, took steriods and proper treatment and got health. Now I am suffering from the same disease for the last 8 months, taking steriods, deltacortil-5 tablets daily, amorin-2 daily, neo-k-2 daily and omega capsul before breakfast. But unfortunately, I could getting any health symptoms. pl. advise
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Hi thanks for writing here.Pemphigus vulgaris is a auto immune disease having fluid filled lesions.They tend to rupture producing sores which may get secondarily infected.Treatment of choice is no doubt steroids,but to achieve a response it has to be taken in proper dose.Usual dose for prednisolone is 1 to 2 mg per kg in intial phase which has to be tapperd slowly according to disease activity.Other drugs are immunosuprresants which help to reduce steroid doses early.You are at present just taking 5 mg of deltacortil which is not sufficient to control disease activity.You need 30 to 40 mg of dose. You must consult a dermatologist and take treatment accordingly.Do not take tablets on your own.I hope this can solve your query.Take care.
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Have Pemphigus Vulgaris. Took Steroids. Reoccurred. Taking Deltacortil, Amorin And Neo-k. Suggestions?

Hi thanks for writing here.Pemphigus vulgaris is a auto immune disease having fluid filled lesions.They tend to rupture producing sores which may get secondarily infected.Treatment of choice is no doubt steroids,but to achieve a response it has to be taken in proper dose.Usual dose for prednisolone is 1 to 2 mg per kg in intial phase which has to be tapperd slowly according to disease activity.Other drugs are immunosuprresants which help to reduce steroid doses early.You are at present just taking 5 mg of deltacortil which is not sufficient to control disease activity.You need 30 to 40 mg of dose. You must consult a dermatologist and take treatment accordingly.Do not take tablets on your own.I hope this can solve your query.Take care.