I think perhaps trying high dose Biotin may help Alan.

I just did a search on it "biotin psoriasis" and found many
sites suggesting this. Some are on other health forums.

Puritan's carries this affordably... either 5mg a day or 7.5mg a day. I have my husband using it too...since he has psoriasis and it seems his is less when he mindful of taking it every day.

So you can Google this and try it, for Alan.

http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/vitamins/biotin/
This link has more information on it.

I use it everyday too. It seems to keep my skin less dry.

Thanks so much Mrs. D.

I'm going to look into this.

Much appreciated.

Mel

Mrs. D. Puritan has 5000 mcgs, 60 pills, buy 2 get 3 free for Eleven bucks and change.

This is what you are talking about right? I tried copying and pasting the link to it but it won't come out.

But it says Biotin 5000. They have a 10,000 but I think to start we should get the 5000. That's the one you meant right?

Thanks

Mel

Yes, they have 5000mcg which is 5 mg.
I have the 7.5mg tablet they sometimes
carry. It is a smaller pill and easier
to swallow. I really think it is worth a try.

Puritan pride is having a sale today
Everything is 17 per cent off with free shipping.

Getting the Biotin today.

Thanks so much Mrs. D.

melody

High dose biotin is really safe. So far there is no upper limit set by the FDA, and therefore worth a try. I'd give it 3 months to see any effects. There are studies on PubMed for rare mouth problems--burning mouth--using even higher doses.

Just bought it. Cost me $9.95 for 5 bottles. Now where can you get a better deal. Both of us will be taking this. I'll let you all know if this makes any change in Alan's psoriasis.

Oh I must tell you what happened to me over the past 3 days. I went completely deaf in my right ear. Now I NEVER get sick (colds, flu, infections, etc) because I take my own colloidal silver every single day.

But hey, I went deaf in my right ear. I said "It's either impacted wax, or I have a cold, or "whatever". So I'm doing netti pots, I'm doing Afrin, I'm taking Advil (just in case my TMJ was acting up and I was inflamed). I also bought debrox and did that for 3 days. NOTHING worked. I went to the Peripheral Neuropathy support group meeting in NYC on Thursday night and I had a warm cup of water pressed next to my right ear just in case in was inflamed. I could hear perfectly fine in my left ear by the way.

So I gave it 3 days and I figured I would call my primary care and let him have a look.

But....yesterday I was walking near my house and lo and behold there is an immediate care facility (like an urgent care) and I have NEVER ever went into one of those before. So I said 'what the heck, give it a go"

I walk in and I said "I"m deaf in my right ear and I don't know why". They took my insurance card, told me I had no co-pay (wow, didn't expect that to happen, and they did a brief triage (I announced "I'm not going on any scale, I'm here because I'm DEAF". Everyone laughed.

So they put me in a room and now I'm being questioned. I give a family medical background and then the woman looks me and said "are you have regular menses". After falling off the table I looked at her and said "honey, I'm 67 years ago, there is no menses going on BUT THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT'. We laughed.

Then the ear business came into business. Doctor walks in and I say "Listen, I'm deaf in my right ear, don't know why, I never catch cold, flu, no green stuff coming out of my nose, so it's either impacted wax or allergy, so give it your best shot". She takes the ear probe thing, sticks it into my right ear and says" WHOA!!! I said "WHOA??" really?

Then she goes into my left ear I(which I was hearing fine (or thought I was hearing just fine" and she announces DOUBLE WHOA!!

Then a young man comes in with a syringe and has me hold the bowl thing under my left ear (I then said "but my right ear is where I'm deaf and he goes "no believe me, your left ear is BAD" (I'm thinking 'how bad can it be I can hear perfectly fine in my left ear"

So he does the flushing and nothing came out, then he does the loop thing and nothing came out. By then I could hear nothing they said because I'm full of water in my left ear. They are looking at me and speaking and I said "Listen I know you are saying something but I'm completely deaf now"

He must have flushed my left ear 15 or so times with the warm water. Well, you should have seen what came out. This long LONG thick thing came out and it was like when Moses parted the red sea and I COULD HEAR. I then said 'OMG, I can hear you now it's all clear". The doctor then said "When we looked into your left ear we did not know if we could get that thing out. You are very lucky!!" They did my right ear (the one I thought was really bad!). Seems that one had wax but it was blocking the ear canal and that's why I couldn't hear a thing. Some wax came out and then I looked at them and said OMG, I can hear out of both ears now. Then then burst out laughing and said "Now you can stop shouting'!!! I said "I've been shouting??" They said 'You have been shouting since you first came in". I was all "i'm sorry, I'm sorry". They were hysterical. They checked me and now I'm clean as a whistle.

I'm sending all my friends there. I took their cards and brochures and tonight I will give them to all my hard of hearing older friends. rofl.

So I hope you all had a good laugh because I really thought I was hearing everything in my left ear and found out I WAS NOT. lol

Take care all

Melody