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Pronounced: sore-EYE-ah-tane
Generic name: Acitretin
Why is Soriatane prescribed?
Soriatane is prescribed for several types of severe psoriasis, a chronic skin condition that causes inflamed red patches with silvery scales. In more severe cases, the skin thickens with painful patches that fill with pus and crust over, sometimes on large portions of the body. Psoriasis can appear anywhere, but most commonly erupts on the chest and back, elbows and knees, feet and hands, scalp, and fingernails. Soriatane is used when milder forms of treatment have failed.
It's important to remember that Soriatane does not cure psoriasis; it merely helps ...