It is treated with immunosuppressant drugs such as corticosteroids and cyclophosphamide, and with plasmapheresis, in which the antibodies are removed from the blood.
Corticosteroids, antihistamines, local anesthetics, counterirritants, immunosuppressant, calcineurin inhibitors and others are major product segment of pruritus therapeutics market analyzed in this study.
However, in difficult-to-manage or widespread cases, systemic prednisone and powerful steroid-free immunosuppressant medications, such as methotrexate, azathioprine or mycophenolate mofetil, may be appropriate.
