M.D. A few months ago I reported on a new breakthrough treatment using a drug to treat diabetes that cleared total body psoriasis. I have now cured three patients with total body psoriasis with Avandia and an injection of triamcinolone. Thick plaques that covered the entire body are gone in two months , and the nails are clearing also. It wasn't my idea. A study from the University of Michigan showed that Rezulin could be used to clear up total body psoriasis.
Psoriasis is characterized by thick plaques on the elbows, knees and body, dandruff and thick nails.
It is caused by a defect that forces the skin to turn over seven times as fast as normal skin. PPAR-gamma is a surface protein on cells that regulates how fast cells make new cells. PPAR-gamma also slows the rate that cells form new cells. Archives of Dermatology, May, 2000. 20895 Transcripts of segments of The Dr. Gabe Mirkin Show are provided as a service to listeners at no charge.