The prescription psoriasis relief you need, now online
The itch of psoriasis is a common ailment for roughly 8 million Americans. Fortunately, there are prescription psoriasis medications that can help reduce irritation. Get started with an online medical consultation.
How Dr. B treats psoriasis
Tell us about your condition with a $15 online consultation. No video calls necessary.
If a psoriasis prescription is recommended after a medical provider reviews your treatment, it will be sent to your pharmacy.
Pick up and pay for the medication at the pharmacy of your choice. Or, get it delivered.
How much will it cost?
Dr. B offers online consultations for $15, which is less than most co-pays. If a psoriasis prescription is appropriate, your out-of-pocket cost for your medication will depend on your insurance and where you decide to get your prescription filled.
Medication
Psoriasis treatments at Dr. B
Dr. B offers over a dozen treatments for psoriasis. We’ve highlighted a few of our most popular and affordable options below, but you can also choose others, including both brand and generic medications.
Calcipotriene
Calcipotriene is a non-steroidal topical medication often prescribed for psoriasis. It works to slow the growth of skin cells and helps relieve psoriasis symptoms like itching, scaling and redness. Calcipotriene is available as a foam, cream, ointment or scalp solution.
Prescription length:
30 days, 1 refill
Application:
Topical, applied daily
Typical pharmacy prices:
- Price with insurance: your co-pay ($10-40 with most plans)
- Price without insurance: starting at $102.64
Triamcinolone Acetonide
Triamcinolone Acetonide is a prescription steroid cream used to treat psoriasis. Applied topically, the medication helps blocks inflammation-causing reactions and calms the body's immune response. It comes as a cream, lotion or ointment.
Prescription length:
30 days, 1 refill
Application:
Topical, applied daily
Typical pharmacy prices:
- Price with insurance: your co-pay ($10-40 with most plans)
- Price without insurance: starting at $5.95
Calcipotriene
Calcipotriene is a non-steroidal topical medication often prescribed for psoriasis. It works to slow the growth of skin cells and helps relieve psoriasis symptoms like itching, scaling and redness. Calcipotriene is available as a foam, cream, ointment or scalp solution.
Triamcinolone Acetonide
Triamcinolone Acetonide is a prescription steroid cream used to treat psoriasis. Applied topically, the medication helps blocks inflammation-causing reactions and calms the body's immune response. It comes as a cream, lotion or ointment.
Prescription length:
30 days, 1 refill
Prescription length:
30 days, 1 refill
Application:
Topical, applied daily
Application:
Topical, applied daily
Typical pharmacy prices:
- Price with insurance: your co-pay ($10-40 with most plans)
- Price without insurance: starting at $102.64
Typical pharmacy prices:
- Price with insurance: your co-pay ($10-40 with most plans)
- Price without insurance: starting at $5.95
More Psoriasis Prescription Treatments
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Psoriasis Questions
About Psoriasis
Psoriasis is a skin condition that typically causes itchy or sore patches of red, scaly skin on the elbows, scalp, knees or back—though it can affect other areas. Additional symptoms can include dry or cracked skin, joint pain or cracked, pitted nails. Psoriasis is a chronic issue that often appears in cycles, worsening for a few weeks or months before subsiding. There’s no cure, but the right treatment can help improve symptoms even in severe cases.
The exact cause of psoriasis—an autoimmune condition—remains largely unknown. An issue with the body’s immune response is thought to lead to inflammation, which causes new skin cells to replicate too quickly—roughly every 3-4 days, instead of 10-30. Psoriasis often runs in families, so there may be a genetic component.
Psoriasis outbreaks can occur for any reason, but some common triggers include:
- High stress levels
- Any infections, including bacterial or viral
- Smoking or being around secondhand smoke
- Cold, dry weather
- Alcohol consumption
- Taking medications like high blood pressure drugs or Lithium
Types of psoriasis include:
- Plaque psoriasis: Plaque is the most common form, affecting 80-90% percent of those with psoriasis. The main symptom is itchy, raised red patches, called plaques, on the skin, usually located on the elbows, knees, scalp or back.
- Guttate psoriasis: Most commonly affecting young adults and children, guttate psoriasis is typically brought on by a bacterial infection and appears as small, drop-shaped spots on the arms, legs or torso.
- Inverse psoriasis: Inverse psoriasis occurs in the skin folds, usually of the breasts, groin or buttocks. It’s characterized by inflamed patches of skin that don’t have plaques and can be exacerbated by sweating and friction.
- Sebopsoriasis: A combination of psoriasis and seborrheic dermatitis, sebopsoriasis usually affects the scalp and face as greasy, yellowish plaques.
Psoriasis isn’t contagious. You can’t contract it by touching or coming into contact with another person’s skin rashes.
In addition to the right prescription treatment, you may improve your symptoms by:
- Applying moisturizer to skin daily
- Taking regular baths
- Avoiding scratching
- Exposing skin to a moderate amount of sunlight (too much can be damaging)
- Not smoking
- Limiting alcohol consumption
- Eating a well-balanced diet
- Exercising regularly
There are a range of topical psoriasis medications available as creams, lotions and ointments. There are also prescription shampoos to treat psoriasis on the scalp. While the treatments belong to different medication classes—corticosteroids, aryl hydrocarbon receptor agonists, phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4) inhibitors and vitamin D analogs—all help to restrict the growth of excess skin cells, reduce inflammation and improve symptoms. Dr. B offers the medications Triderm (Triamcinolone), Vtama (Ttapinarof), Zoryve (Roflumilast) and Dovonex (Calcipotriene).
Psoriasis treatments are applied topically— as a lotion, cream, ointment or scalp solution. Be sure to follow your medical provider’s instructions carefully.
Side effects vary by treatment, but some common ones include:
- Burning or itching of the skin
- Skin flaking
- Body aches
- Headaches
These symptoms are typically mild and diminish over time. Talk to your medical provider if symptoms don’t improve or get worse.
Get a convenient psoriasis prescription with Dr. B's virtual medical service. The process is convenient: you'll start by completing an online assessment of your health history and current symptoms (no video call required). Your responses will then be reviewed by a vetted doctor or medical provider. If your provider recommends a psoriasis prescription, you'll be able to choose from several different brand and generic medications (or have a provider recommend one for you). Your prescription will be sent to your pharmacy of choice for pickup.
Consultation: A virtual medical consultation for psoriasis costs $15.00, which is lower than most doctor co-pays. Currently we don’t submit medical consultation claims to insurance companies, but you can use insurance for any resulting prescriptions at your pharmacy.
Medication: Dr. B only charges for the medical consultation. When medications are prescribed, we enable you to choose the most affordable or convenient pharmacy to get the prescription filled. Prices for your medication will vary depending on your insurance coverage and whether the drug is a brand or generic.
At this time we don’t submit medical consultation claims to insurance companies, but you can use insurance for any resulting prescriptions at your pharmacy.
We’ll send you a reminder for an online assessment when it’s time for your next refill.
The whole team at Dr. B has been so helpful, making sure I got the best-suited medicine and checking up to see how things are going.
Kristin, Los Angeles
