WEEKLY TREATMENT OF PSORIASIS WITH A HYDROCOLLOID DRESSING IN COMBINATION WITH TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE - A CONTROLLED COMPARATIVE-STUDY

In a within subject comparison, the efficacy and the tolerability of t opical treatment with triamcinolone acetonide under a hydrocolloid dre ssing were compared with triamcinolone acetonide monotherapy, monother apy with hydrocolloid dressing and triamcinolone acetonide under plast ic occlusion. The clinical efficacy of hydrocolloid dressing as a mono therapy and the pronounced clinical efficacy of this occlusive in comb ination with triamcinolone acetonide were confirmed. Comparing the hyd rocolloid dressing (Duoderm E) and the plastic semi-occlusive (Opsite IV 3000), we concluded that the tolerability of both approaches was si milar. However, Duoderm E in conjunction with triamcinolone acetonide was highly effective, whereas Opsite IV 3000 in combination with this steroid only had an inconspicuous antipsoriatic potential.