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Suggest Medication For White Spots On The Legs
Sir
my son aged 8 years is having white spots on his legs,knee,back,i have consulted skin specialists at jodhpur & jaipur & they have diagonosed this disease as vitiligo.They have prescribed flutivate ointment & Tacrolimus ointment.But the effect is a bit slow.Pl. let me know how much time it takes for these spots to vanish or there is some other line of treatment that we can undergo.
my son aged 8 years is having white spots on his legs,knee,back,i have consulted skin specialists at jodhpur & jaipur & they have diagonosed this disease as vitiligo.They have prescribed flutivate ointment & Tacrolimus ointment.But the effect is a bit slow.Pl. let me know how much time it takes for these spots to vanish or there is some other line of treatment that we can undergo.
Fri, 27 Nov 2015
Hi,
You said your 8 year old son is having vitiligo. Vitiligo is an autoimmune chronic depigmentary skin disease. You consult dermatologist and have perfect treatment. However, I suggest as below...
- trioxsalen 10 mg daily in the morn
- levamisole 50 mg daily at night
- tacrolimus ointment application at nigh
- trioxsalen solution ..apply at noon and expostulate to the Sunrays for 5 min.
Long term treatment is needed.
I hope this would help you.
Thanks.
Dr. Ilyas Patel MD
You said your 8 year old son is having vitiligo. Vitiligo is an autoimmune chronic depigmentary skin disease. You consult dermatologist and have perfect treatment. However, I suggest as below...
- trioxsalen 10 mg daily in the morn
- levamisole 50 mg daily at night
- tacrolimus ointment application at nigh
- trioxsalen solution ..apply at noon and expostulate to the Sunrays for 5 min.
Long term treatment is needed.
I hope this would help you.
Thanks.
Dr. Ilyas Patel MD
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