Treating psoriatic arthritis (PsA) isn’t like treating strep throat. You don’t just take one medicine for a few days and feel better. PsA is a complex, chronic disease that stays with you and affects many parts of your body — skin, joints, nails, heart, and lungs.
Many medications slow PsA and relieve symptoms, but the first treatment you try won’t always be the right one for you.
“There is no one-size-fits-all, and there is no one medication for psoriatic arthritis,” says Saakshi Khattri, MD, assistant professor of dermatology and rheumatology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York….
