Skin assessment
- Medical questionnaire and photo review
- Personalized treatment plan
- Prescription when appropriate
CA$175
per consultation
Modern Dermatology
Sotyktu
Deucravacitinib
Prescription only
Sotyktu prescribed online(Deucravacitinib)
Sotyktu (deucravacitinib) is a pill for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. Your clinician reviews your history and skin, and decides if it is right for you. A Canadian pharmacy fills the prescription.
Start my assessmentAt a glance
- Oral prescription (deucravacitinib)
- For moderate to severe plaque psoriasis
- Dose set by your clinician
Why Modern Dermatology
- Canadian-licensed medical professionals, 100% online
- Prescriptions sent to your pharmacy or delivered
- Follow-up and refills through your Care Team
Used forPsoriasis
Sotyktu can lower your defence against infection. Tell your clinician right away about fever, a cough that lasts or a painful rash. Do not start live vaccines during treatment without advice.
Choosing the right dose for you
Your clinician decides if Sotyktu is right for you and sets the plan. The plan depends on your health, your other medicines and how your psoriasis responds.
Considerations include
- How severe and widespread the psoriasis is
- Past treatments and how they worked
- Your infection history and screening results
- Your other medicines and conditions
- How your skin responds over time
How Sotyktu works
Sotyktu blocks one signal that drives psoriasis
Sotyktu blocks a protein inside immune cells called TYK2. This protein helps pass the signals that keep psoriasis active. Less signalling means less inflammation and fewer plaques.
It is a targeted medicine. It works in the whole body, so your skin can improve in many places at once.
Modern Dermatology
Sotyktu
Deucravacitinib
Prescription only
Recommended for
- Moderate to severe plaque psoriasis
- Psoriasis over a large area
- People who prefer a pill to an injection
- Psoriasis that creams do not control
- Adults who may need a whole-body treatment
Your clinician reviews your skin and history, and confirms that this treatment is right for you before prescribing.
Blocks TYK2 signals
Targets one immune pathway
Calms inflammation
Fewer red, scaly plaques
Works in the whole body
Treats many areas together
Taken by mouth
No injections needed
How it works.
- 01
Tell us about your skin
Complete a quick medical questionnaire and upload a few photos of your skin concerns. No appointment needed.
- 02
Get your personalized treatment plan
A Canadian-licensed medical professional will review your information and recommend a personalized treatment plan, including prescriptions when appropriate. Most conditions can be assessed without a video consultation.
- 03
Start your treatment
Get your prescribed medications delivered right to your door. Medication costs are billed separately from your consultation.
- 04
Follow up on your progress
At a follow-up, your clinician can review your progress, discuss side effects and adjust your treatment if needed.
Clear answers.
Have more questions? See our full FAQ or Contact us.
Still have questions? Reach our care team at 514 111 1111
Start my assessmentYour clinician decides if Sotyktu is right for you. You share your history and photos, and a Canadian-licensed medical professional reviews them. If Sotyktu is prescribed, a Canadian pharmacy fills it.
Sotyktu blocks TYK2, a protein that helps immune cells send inflammation signals. When this signal slows, psoriasis plaques calm. It does this in the whole body.
Psoriasis medicines work over weeks and months, not days. Many people see their skin improve over the first few months. Your clinician checks your progress and decides if you continue.
Common effects include colds, cold sores, mouth sores, acne and folliculitis. Serious infections are rare but possible. Tell your Care Team about any fever or infection signs.
Your clinician may not prescribe it if you have an active serious infection, including tuberculosis. Tell your clinician if you are allergic to it or have liver problems. Pregnancy and breastfeeding also need a talk first.
Other options include apremilast, acitretin and creams such as calcipotriol. Biologic injections such as adalimumab, certolizumab or bimekizumab are also options. Your clinician helps you choose.
Many people keep using a cream on thick plaques. Your clinician decides what to combine. Tell your clinician about all your medicines, including vitamins and herbal products.
There is not enough information to call it safe in pregnancy. Tell your clinician if you are pregnant or plan to be. Also say if you breastfeed, because your clinician must weigh the benefit and the risk.
Each consultation costs CA$175. Your pharmacy charges separately for medication. Ask your insurer whether your plan covers the prescribed treatment.
Sotyktu is the brand name sold in Canada for deucravacitinib. Ask your pharmacist if another version is available. Your clinician writes the prescription for the product that suits you.
Your clinician reviews your progress before a refill. Your Care Team sends the renewal to your pharmacy when your clinician approves it. Write to us before you run out, so that your treatment does not stop.
No. Sotyktu is a small-molecule pill, not a biologic injection. It blocks one immune signal inside the cell. Your clinician can explain how it compares with injectable options.
Checked before and during treatment
Infection screening
Your clinician checks for tuberculosis and other infections before you start.
Lab tests
Your clinician may order blood tests during treatment. Ask your Care Team when.
Infection signs
Tell us quickly about fever, cough or a painful rash. We act on these reports.
Simple pricing for your skin care.
Medication costs are separate. Ask your insurer whether your plan reimburses online consultations.
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Related treatments
Your clinician can suggest another option when this one is not the right fit.