(MUSIC) GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY AND
WELCOME TO THE BALANCING ACT.
WE'RE SO GLAD YOU JOINED US THIS MORNING.
I'M JULIE MORAN.
GOOD MORNING, I'M OLGA VILLAVERDE.
WELL, IT'S BACK TO SCHOOL TIME FOR MANY BUT THAT TAKES ON A
WHOLE DIFFERENT CONNOTATION FOR THOSE CONSIDERING CONTINUING
EDUCATION.
AND IF YOU'VE THOUGHT ABOUT GOING BACK TO SCHOOL OR
JUST COMPLETING YOUR UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, WE'VE GOT EASY
OPTIONS THAT WILL HELP YOU HIT THE BOOKS AND YOU DON'T NEED TO
GO TO CAMPUS.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?
I LIKE THAT.
PLUS, WE HAVE A LEADING DERMATOLOGIST WITH US TODAY TO
DISCUSS A SKIN CONDITION KNOWN AS PSORIASIS.
YOU'VE HEARD OF THAT.
WHICH AFFECTS NEARLY 5 MILLION
AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN.
AND THE BALANCING, ACT LOTS OF GOOD INFO TODAY, STARTS RIGHT
NOW.(MUSIC) ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A CHANGE?
FEELING LIKE YOU MAY BE IN A RUT?
PERHAPS IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO UP YOUR GAME AND RETURN TO SCHOOL.
AND IF YOU THINK IT'S TOO LATE FOR YOU TO HIT TO BOOKS, THINK
AGAIN.
OUR GUEST IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
THAT ARE FLEXIBLE.
MEET DOCTOR KELLI CLEVELAND, A PROFESSOR AT
TROY UNIVERSITY.
GOOD MORNING.
HI.
GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M THRILLED YOU ARE HERE.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW THERE ARE MANY DAYS THAT I THINK TO MYSELF, YOU
KNOW, THE COLLEGE DAYS WERE SO LONG AGO.
DO I STILL HAVE IT IN ME?
AND I REALLY REALLY REALLY DO WANT TO GET MY MASTERS.
YOU CAN DO IT.
REALLY?
ANYBODY CAN DO IT.
YOU CAN DEFINITELY DO IT.
AS LONG AS YOU HAVE GOOD ENCOURAGING SUPPORT AND YOU
CHOOSE THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT.
COLLEGE IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO.
25 YEARS AGO.
EVEN 15 YEARS AGO.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO THE TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM SETTING
ANYMORE.
THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT FLEXIBLE OPTIONS THAT
WILL FIT YOUR SCHEDULE.
AND YOU ARE LIVING PROOF TOO.
I AM LIVING PROOF.
I DID IT.
I WENT BACK FOR MY MASTERS AND MY
DOCTORAL DEGREE WITH A FAMILY.
WITH CHILDREN AND A FULL TIME JOB.
OH MY GOSH!
AND A FULL TIME JOB?
AND A FULL TIME JOB.
AND WHEN..
ANYBODY CAN DO IT.
YOU CAN DO IT.
YOU CAN DO ANYTHING THAT SET YOUR MIND TO.
AND LET'S TALK ABOUT REALLY WHAT IT ADDS ON, NOT JUST, FOR ME, IT
WOULD BE JUST WHAT A SATISFACTION TO GET MY MASTERS.
RIGHT.
BUT I ACTUALLY THINK YOU KNOW, IT REALLY DOES END UP BRINGING
YOU MORE DOLLARS.
IT DOES.
IT ABSOLUTELY DOES.
STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT THOSE WITH A COLLEGE DEGREE EARN MORE
MONEY THAN THOSE WITHOUT.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, IT JUST CHANGES
YOUR LIFE.
AND IT CAN CHANGE YOUR FAMILY'S LIFE AS WELL.
AND LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FLEXIBILITY.
HOW WOULD IT WORK FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME OR A MOM OUT
THERE THAT SAYS OK, I'M LIKE OLGA.
I'VE GOT ALL OF THESE THINGS GOING ON.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
RIGHT.
THIS IS NO LONGER YOUR MOM AND DAD'S UNIVERSITY OR
COLLEGE CAREER.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO 5 DAYS A WEEK AND SIT IN THREE HOURS OF
CLASSES ANYMORE.
THAT'S WHAT I DID.
I DID TOO.
ORIGINALLY, BUT NOW WITH PEOPLE WORKING.
MORE PEOPLE WANTING TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND BETTER
THEMSELVES.
THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
SO MANY DIFFERENT SCHEDULES THAT CAN FIT
EVERYBODY'S PERSONAL NEEDS.
CLASSES ARE NOW OFFERED ON THE WEEKENDS, AT NIGHT.
AND THE BEST THING IS ONLINE.
ONLINE DELIVERY IS THE WAY TO GO.
ESPECIALLY FOR A WORKING MOTHER.
IT IS A CHANGE IN TERMS OF GOING TO THE ACTUALLY CAMPUS AS
OPPOSED TO ONLINE.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW I'M NOT USED TO IT.
BUT YOU DO IT AND ..
IT'S DEFINITELY DOABLE AND YOU GET USED TO IT.
I WAS MORE OF THE TRADITIONAL STUDENT.
I WANTED TO GO TO CLASS, SEE MY PROFESSOR AND BE
ABLE TO INTERACT.
BUT AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF MY FIRST ONLINE
CLASS, I REALIZED YOU CAN NOT BEAT THIS.
I WAS AT HOME ON MY OWN TIME WITH A BABY,
WITH A BABY!
I PUT MY BABY TO BED, I DID MY CLASSWORK.
I COULD GET UP EARLY IN THE MORNING, DO MY
COURSEWORK.
IT WAS JUST, IT'S ACTUALLY PHENOMENAL.
IT REALLY IS.
AND YOU GOT YOUR MASTERS IN HOW MUCH TIME?
THREE YEARS FOR MY MASTERS BECAUSE I WENT PART TIME FOR A
LITTLE WHILE.
THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO.
AND THEN FINISHED IT OUT FULL TIME.
MY DOCTORAL DEGREE THOUGH, TWO YEARS.
STRAIGHT THROUGH.
YOU GO GIRL.
YOU'RE BASED IN ALABAMA, IF I'M CORRECT.
RIGHT.
BUT YOU HAVE CAMPUSES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
WE DO.
WE HAVE FOUR CAMPUSES IN THE STATE OF
ALABAMA.
BUT WE HAVE CAMPUSES THROUGHOUT SEVEN OTHER STATES.
AND OUR ONLINE DELIVERY FORMAT, THE BEST.
CALLED E TROY, IT IS AGAIN PHENOMENAL.
I MEAN IT'S THE BEST WORD I CAN THINK OF TO DESCRIBE IT IS
PHENOMENAL.
NOW YOU ALSO HAVE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS I
UNDERSTAND.
YES.
WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE EVEN MY COUSINS IN MEXICO ARE
ALWAYS TELLING ME THEY WANT TO STUDY.
ABSOLUTELY.
WE HAVE A HUGE INTERNATIONAL FOCUS.
WE HAVE AT LEAST 65 OTHER COUNTRIES THAT ARE REPRESENTED
AND TROY THROUGH ON CAMPUS BUT ALSO THROUGH GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS
WITH OTHER COUNTRIES SO WE HAVE A REAL TRUE INTERNATIONAL FOCUS.
AND I WAS READING THE BROCHURE EARLIER BEFORE WE STARTED
TALKING ABOUT THIS FABULOUS OPPORTUNITY.
I JUST LOVE THEIR MOTTO.
AND I KNOW YOU KNOW IT BY HEART, I JUST HAVE TO READ IT.
EDUCATE THE MIND TO THINK.
THE HEART TO FEEL.
THE BODY TO ACT.
FABULOUS.
IT IS.
IT REALLY IS.
AND AS A NURSE I HONESTLY TAKE THAT PERSONALLY.
I'M ALSO A FACULTY MEMBER WITH TROY AND I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR
EVERY OTHER FACULTY MEMBER THAT'S NOT JUST A MOTTO.
THAT'S HOW WE TRULY TEACH OUR STUDENTS.
WE WANT THEM NOT ONLY TO GET A DEGREE FROM TROY AND GO OUT AND
EARN A PAYCHECK, WE WANT THEM TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN BE
PASSIONATE ABOUT AND TRULY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
NOT ONLY IN THEIR LIVES BUT IN OTHER PEOPLE'S
LIVES AS WELL.
AND I DO HAVE TO CLARIFY THAT I CHANGED MY DRESS BEFORE WE
STARTED THE SEGMENT BECAUSE I REALIZED I HAD YOUR COLORS.
YEAH PEFECT!
AND I REALLY WANTED TO MATCH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT LOOKS GREAT.
AND WE HAVE A GIFT FOR YOU, ACTUALLY.
OH!
A TSHIRT SO YOU CAN HAVE IT AND ACTUALLY SHOW YOUR TROJAN
WARRIOR SPIRIT.
I'M TELLING YOU.
YOU HAVE SO CONVINCED ME.
SO MUCH SO THAT SHE WAS ACTUALLY KIND ENOUGH TO
GIVE OUR CREW SHIRTS AS WELL.
SO, I'VE CONVINCED EVERYBODY HERE TO GIVE IT A WHIRL AND GO
BACK TO SCHOOL WITH ME.
RIGHT.
GREAT IDEA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOU TIME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M EXCITED.
AND FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN BALANCE WORK AND FAMILY
WHILE CONTINUING YOUR EDUCATION, VISIT OUR WEBSITE
THEBALANCINGACT.COM THEBALANCINGACT.COM
AND LIKE SHE SAID, IT CAN BE DONE.
YOU ARE A TESTAMENT TO THAT.
WELL, OUR NEXT GUEST IS A MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER AND AUTHOR
WHO ENCOURAGES HER READERS TO BE QUOTE: "THE ARTIST OF THEIR
LIVES.
I LOVE THAT.
KRISTIN MACKEY'S MOST RECENT BOOK:
YOU CAN.
YOU WILL.
YOU DID...IS CHANGING LIVES.
WELCOME KRISTIN, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU, GLAD TO BE HERE.
LOVE THE TITLE OF THE BOOK AND IT'S BEEN DESCRIBED AS A
WITTY WAY OF TRANSFORMING ONE'S LIFE...A MUST READ...
TELL ME MORE...
ABSOLUTELY.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO DO WAS TO CREATE A BOOK THAT
WASN'T LIKE YOUR CLASSIC SELF HELP BOOK, AND I WANTED IT TO
HELP PEOPLE TO MOVE THROUGH CHANGE AND WHETHER THAT CHANGE
WAS, OH THEY WANTED TO REFRESH THEIR LIFE OR A CAREER CHANGE OR
MAYBE EVEN GOING THROUGH A DIVORCE, I WANTED THEM TO HAVE A
SORT OF SAFE PLACE TO MOVE THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND
ADDRESS SENSITIVE SERIOUS ISSUES BUT IN A REALLY PLAYFUL WAY.
I THINK THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE SOMETIMES SELF HELP CAN BE A
LITTLE PREACHY AND I KNOW SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T RELATE TO
THAT AS MUCH AS THEY DO TO A WAY THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE
UNDERSTANDABLE...AND RELATABLE ABSOLUTELY.
AND I KNOW YOU'VE SPOKEN TO WHAT ABOUT EIGHTEEN-THOUSAND
PEOPLE IN YOUR CAREER SHARE SOME OF THE TREASURED,
TRANSFORMATIONAL MESSAGES IN YOUR BOOK AND TALK A LITTLE
BIT MORE IF YOU WOULD ABOUT AS YOU PUT IT: "MANAGING YOUR
PARTICLES"!
IT'S CALLED "MANAGING YOUR PARTICLES"
YES.
WHAT ARE PARTICLES?
(LAUGHING).
ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY, WELL ONE OF THE THINGS THAT RESONATES
MOST WITH THE READERS IS THAT IF WE MAKE SMALL CHANGES, WE CAN
SEE LARGE TRANSFORMATION, IT'S LITTLE STEPS THAT WE TAKE AND SO
THATS REALLY WHAT'S BEHIND THE IDEA OF MANAGE YOUR PARTICLES,
BECAUSE WHEN YOU WANT TO MAKE A LOT OF CHANGE YOU HAVE TO GO
DEEP.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS, WHAT ARE YOU'RE FEELINGS?
WHAT ARE YOUR BELIEFS?
AND SO WHEN YOU'RE MANAGING YOUR PARTICLES, WHAT ARE YOUR
PARTICLES DOING?
WHAT ARE SOMEONE ELSES PARTICLES DOING?
AND THAT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE POSITIVE
CHANGE IN AN EASIER WAY.
AND YOU HAVE TO START WITH BEING HONEST WITH YOURSELF.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
BEING AUTHENTIC.
HMMMM.
YOU ARE ALSO AN ILLUSTRATOR, CAN YOU DESCRIBE HOW THIS KIND OF
ADDS ANOTHER LAYER TO THE PROCESS FOR YOU?
SURE, OFTEN TIMES IN MY WORK SHOPS I WOULD COME UP WITH AN
IDEA AND I WOULD FIND MYSELF RUNNING OVER TO THE FLIP CHART
AND SKETCHING OUT A CARTOON AND WHEN I DID THAT I REALIZED THAT
THE CARTOONS REALLY HELP THE PERSON UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT,
HELPS THEM REALLY YOU, KNOW GO A LITTLE DEEPER AND EXPLAIN
SOMETIMES COMPLICATED TOPICS SO I THOUGHT YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT IT
WOULD BE A NEAT THING TO ADD TO THE BOOK.
I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
YEAH.
YOU KNOW, AS WE ENTER THIS NEW YEAR, AND YOU KNOW YOU ALWAYS
HEAR PEOPLE MAKING NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS AND THINGS LIKE
THAT, HOW CAN A MAN OR WOMAN FIND THEIR OWN BLUEPRINT FOR
LIFE, REGARDLESS OF CIRCUMSTANCES OR EVEN
SELF-IMPOSED LIMITATIONS AND I SAY SELF IMPOSED BECAUSE WE TEND
TO LIMIT OUR SELVES A LOT.
ABSOLUTELY, I ALWAYS SHARE WITH MY GROUP THIS: IF YOU SET AN
INTENTION AND YOU'RE CLEAR ABOUT THAT INTENTION, YOU HAVE A PLAN
AND THEN YOU START SMALL FOR THAT MACRO TRANSFORMATION, YOU
WILL SEE A LOT OF CHANGE, BUT THEN OF COURSE YOU DON'T FORGET
TO MANAGE YOUR PARTICLES . ABSOLUTELY, MANAGE YOUR
PARTICLES, I'M NEVER GOING TO FORGET THAT EXPRESSION.
(LAUGHING).
WHERE CAN WE FIND YOUR BOOK?
YOU CAN FIND IT ON MY WEBSITE AND ALSO ON AMAZON.COM
WELL, KRISTIN THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OH IT WAS MY PLEASURE.
TERRIFIC INFORMATION AND CONTINUED SUCCESS TO YOU.
THANK YOU.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT KRISTIN MACKEY'S
BOOK: YOU CAN.
YOU WILL.
YOU DID.
VISIT HER AT KRISTINMACKEY.COM
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(MUSIC) PSORIASIS IS A LIFE LONG CHRONIC
SKIN CONDITION THAT AFFECTS NEARLY 7.5 MILLION
AMERICANS. 80 PERCENT OF THESE PATIENTS
HAVE CHRONIC PLAQUE PSORIASIS.
LIVING WITH AND MANAGING PLAQUE PSORIASIS CAN BE A
TREMENDOUS BURDEN ON ONE'S LIFE.
WITH US THIS MORNING TO DISCUSS THIS
DEBILITATING DISEASE AND WHAT CAN
BE DONE TOPICALLY TO HELP MANAGE PSORIASIS, IS DR.
REBECCA SMITH, A BOARD CERTIFIED DERMATOLOGIST
IN BOTH DERMATOLOGY AND PEDIATRIC
DERMATOLOGY.
SHE IS ALSO BASED IN FORT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA.
AND WAS VOTED BY CHARLOTTE MAGAZINE AS
ONE OF THE TOP DOCTOR'S IN THE CHARLOTTE METROPOLITAN AREA.
GOOD MORNING!
GOOD MORNING.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU MUST HAVE BEEN SO HONORED.
ABSOLUTELY.
WELL, OBVIOUSLY YOU WORK VERY VERY
HARD TO EARN THAT.
YES, MA'AM.
LET'S TALK ABOUT PSORIASIS.
MORE SPECIFICALLY PLAQUE PSORIASIS.
TELL ME ABOUT THIS CONDITION AND WHAT IT IS.
PSORIASIS IS A CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY SKIN
DISEASE THAT OFTEN AFFECTS, IT WILL SHOW UP ON THE ELBOWS,
THE KNEES.
IT'S A PINK TO RED PLAQUES.
THEY'RE OFTEN PRETTY THICK.
THEY HAVE SOME SILVERY SCALE.
IT CAN BE VERY VISIBLE.
IT CAN CAUSE A LOT OF FRUSTRATION AND
A LOT OF EMBARRASSMENT TO PATIENTS.
IT CAN ACTUALLY BE ANYWHERE ON THE BODY.
IT CAN BE REALLY FLAKY ON THE SCALP.
IT CAN COVER THE LOWER BACK.
THE BUTTOCKS.
IT CAN EVEN AFFECT THE NAILS.
SO, IF YOU HAVE A RASH OR SOME SORT
OF SKIN DISEASE THAT DOESN'T GO AWAY,
CONSULT YOUR DERMATOLOGIST TO MAKE SURE
THAT YOU GET THE RIGHT DIAGNOSIS SO YOU CAN GET THE RIGHT
TREATMENT.
THE NATIONAL PSORIASIS FOUNDATION
HAS CATEGORIZED DIFFERENT TYPES OF PSORIASIS.
AND PLAQUE PSORIASIS IS THE MOST COMMON TYPE.
IS IT MORE IN MALES OR FEMALES, BOTH?
ACTUALLY IN BOTH.
REALLY?
YES, MA'AM.
AND IT'S HEREDITARY.
IT IS HEREDITARY.
IT IS NOT CONTAGIOUS.
IT'S HEREDITARY.
AND ENVIRONMENTAL.
SO, FOR PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM PLAQUE PSORIASIS, WHAT
ARE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THEY HAVE TO MANAGE THIS CONDITION?
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE IS NO CURE.
RIGHT.
THERE IS NO CURE.
SO, WHAT WE WANT, IS WE WANT SOME EDUCATION AND
COMMUNICATION.
SO, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH
YOUR DERMATOLOGIST.
YOU NEED A GAME PLAN.
YOU NEED A DISEASE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY.
YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET
THE RIGHT TREATMENT FOR YOUR TYPE OF
DISEASE, DEPENDING ON THE EXTENT AND
SEVERITY OF YOUR DISEASE.
YOU JUST MAY NEED A TOPICAL.
BUT IF YOU HAVE MODERATE TO SEVERE
DISEASE, YOU ACTUALLY MIGHT NEED A SYSTEMIC.
AN ORAL MEDICATION OR SOME LIGHT THERAPY, SOME UV LIGHT THERAPY
CALLED PHOTO THERAPY.
OR YOU MIGHT EVEN NEED A BIOLOGIC.
AN INJECTABLE PROTEIN TO HELP MANAGE YOUR DISEASE.
SO, OBVIOUSLY IT IS NOT THE SAME FOR EVERYBODY.
ABSOLUTELY NOT THE SAME FOR EVERYBODY.
EVERY CASE IS INDIVIDUAL.
DOCTOR, WHAT ARE SOME AVAILABLE TREATMENT
OPTIONS TODAY?
WELL, TODAY WE ARE GOING FOCUS ON
TOPICAL THERAPIES.
OKAY.
AND THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENT TOPICAL
THERAPIES.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE MOST COMMON
ONE IS A TOPICAL STEROID.
SO, TOPICAL STEROIDS WORK BY DECREASING
INFLAMMATION.
BY HELPING WITH THE ITCH.
WITH THE THICKNESS OF THE PLAQUE.
IT WILL TAKE THE REDNESS AWAY.
SO TOPICAL STEROIDS HELP WITH INFLAMMATION
AND MAKING THE SYMPTOMS BETTER.
THERE'S CREAMS, THERE'S OINTMENTS,
THERE'S GELS, THERE'S SPRAYS.
MANY OF THE PATIENTS PREFER THE SPRAY FORMULATIONS BECAUSE
OFTEN PSORIASIS, IT'S A LARGE BODY SURFACE AREA.
AND TO COVER IT ALL.
YES!
TO MAKE IT EASY TO MAKE IT QUICK,
TO MAKE IT CONVENIENT.
THEY WANT SOMETHING THAT IS NOT GOING
TO MAKE THEIR CLOTHES MESSY.
SO, SPRAYS WILL OFTEN RUB IN AND ABSORB VERY EASILY.
IS THAT WHAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY?
YES, MA'AM.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS.
WHAT WE HAVE IS TOPICORT.
WHICH IS SUPER POTENT COST ONE TOPICAL STEROID.
IT'S FDA APPROVED FOR PLAQUE PSORIASIS
IN PATIENTS 18 AND OLDER.
OKAY.
WHAT IT DOES, IS IT DECREASES THE INFLAMMATION OF
THE SKIN AND IN THE CLINICAL TRIALS.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POINTS WITH TOPICORT, IS THAT THERE WAS
NO STINGING AND BURNING.
EVEN ON THE EXCORIATING PLAQUES.
WHICH MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.
ABSOLUTELY.
I KNOW YOU HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF A PATIENT,
I BELIEVE, HE IS 35 YEARS OLD.
AND HE USED IT.
TELL ME WHAT WE ARE SEEING HERE.
YES, MA'AM.
SO, THIS A BASELINE.
THIS PATIENT HAS HAD PSORIASIS FOR 10 YEARS.
THIS IS THE BASELINE PH0TO.
THAT LOOKS PAINFUL.
IT CAN BE VERY PAINFUL.
VERY ITCHY.
SO, AFTER HE'S APPLIED IT TWICE A DAY
FOR TWO WEEKS, THAT'S THE MIDDLE PHOTO AND THEN TWICE A DAY FOR
FOUR WEEKS.
SO, YOU CAN SEE IT'S NOT CURED, BUT IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE!
ONE OF MY PATIENTS WAS ACTUALLY AT A SWIMMING POOL ONE
TIME, AND HE WAS ASKED TO LEAVE THE
SWIMMING POOL BECAUSE PEOPLE THERE THOUGHT HE HAD SOME
CONTAGIOUS DISEASE.
YOU'RE KIDDING?
AND WHAT ABOUT THE SAFETY ASPECT WHEN IT COMES TO APPLYING THE
SPRAY.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, LISTEN, IF YOU TELL ME IT'S GOING TO
WORK, I SAY GREAT.
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS CONCERNED SAFETY.
THE CONNOTATION OF STEROIDS IS SOMETIMES VERY
DAUNTING, BUT IF USED AS DIRECTED BY
A PHYSICIAN AND USED FOR NO LONGER THAN
YOUR PHYSICIAN DIRECTS THEN THEY CAN BE QUITE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE.
TOPICORT IS FDA APPROVED.
AGE 18 AND OLDER FOR CHRONIC PLAQUE PSORIASIS.
AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO, IS AGAIN CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN.
MAKE SURE YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT MEDICINE FOR YOUR TYPE OF
DISEASE.
ARE THERE RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE OUT THERE
THAT MAY BE SUFFERING FROM PLAQUE PSORIASIS?
BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ALWAYS WANT TO LEARN MORE.
FAMILIES EVEN, THAT ARE SUFFERING
THROUGH IT WITH THEIR LOVED ONES.
ABSOLUTELY.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE RESOURCES IS CALLED
THE NATIONAL PSORIASIS FOUNDATION.
IT'S A NON PROFIT.
YOU CAN JOIN IT AS A PATIENT.
YOU CAN JOIN IT AS A PROVIDER.
THEY PROVIDE LOTS OF INFORMATION SUCH AS PAMPHLETS AND BOOKLETS.
THERE'S LOTS OF INFORMATION ONLINE
ABOUT VARIOUS TREATMENT OPTIONS.
AND ONE OF THE OTHER VERY WONDERFUL
RESOURCES FOR MEDICATIONS LIKE TOPICORT, IS THAT THERE ARE
CO-PAY CARDS.
SO, THE CO-PAY CARDS MAKE IT FREE FOR
THE PATIENT WHO ARE INSURED TO RECEIVE
THE MEDICATION.
OH THAT'S HUGE.
AND AGAIN, HUGE IN TERMS OF MAKING THAT DIFFERENCE.
BECAUSE FROM THAT PHOTO YOU SHOWED ME,
AGAIN, NO CURE BUT WHAT A DIFFERENCE
FOR THAT GENTLEMAN.
YES, MA'AM.
EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOCTOR.
THANK YOU!
AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN ON THE HONOR.
THANK YOU.
MY PLEASURE.
AND OF COURSE IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE
INFORMATION ON THIS TOPIC TODAY OR ANY KIND OF INFORMATION ON
PLAQUE PSORIASIS, JUST VISIT US AT
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(MUSIC) WE ARE SO GLAD YOU SPENT PART OF
YOUR MORNING WITH US AND WE HOPE YOU LEARNED A LITTLE SOMETHING.
I KNOW THAT YOU DID.
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REMEMBER TO FIND YOUR BALANCE.
SO LONG EVERYBODY.
HAVE A GOOD ONE.
(MUSIC)