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[quote=Anonymous]My father has had years of intense itching all over his body. The diagnosis by his Kaiser doctors diagnosed as atopic dermatitis.

He has tried a slew of steroids, tacrolimus, and UV therapy — nothing has helped.

He does have a mild rash and redness with the itching, a bit more on his scalp.  They have ruled out liver problems, but other than that I don’t have much more info. From other thread I will have them check thyroid.

But I want him to try some of the biologic drugs for his condition but he says Kaiser refuses because they are too expensive.

Is this true, an entire class of drugs with completely different mechanisms than steroids are forbidden?  He lives in CA so I haven’t been able to go with him to doctor to sort out (my dad didn’t speak English well as he is an immigrant with bad hearing).  He is on Medicare at age 80; can he switch the Kaiser part of his health care to something else?  I guess they are his Part D — and then under new company have new drugs ?[/quote]

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