Skin assessment
- Medical questionnaire and photo review
- Personalized treatment plan
- Prescription when appropriate
CA$175
per consultation
Modern Dermatology
Taltz
Ixekizumab
Prescription only
Taltz assessed online(Ixekizumab)
Taltz is an injection for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. Your clinician first checks if online care is suitable, and decides if it fits you. Some people need specialist care.
Start my assessmentAt a glance
- Injection under the skin (ixekizumab)
- For moderate to severe plaque psoriasis
- Schedule 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
Taltz can lower your defence against infection and can affect the bowel. You need a tuberculosis check before you start. Tell your clinician right away about fever, a lasting cough, bloody diarrhea or belly pain.
A schedule built for you
Taltz is given as an injection on a set schedule. Your clinician and the pharmacy explain how and when to inject. The schedule follows the product's Health Canada monograph.
Considerations include
- How severe and widespread your psoriasis is
- Past treatments and how they worked
- Your other health conditions, including bowel disease
- Infection screening results
- Your weight and age
How Taltz works
Taltz targets one signal behind psoriasis
In psoriasis, the immune system sends too many signals to the skin. One key signal is called interleukin-17A. Taltz is a biologic that attaches to interleukin-17A and blocks it.
With less of this signal, the skin stops growing too fast and inflammation calms. Skin often improves over weeks to months.
Modern Dermatology
Taltz
Ixekizumab
Prescription only
Recommended for
- Moderate to severe plaque psoriasis
- Widespread plaques
- Psoriasis that creams did not control
- People who want a targeted injection
- Psoriasis that affects daily life
Your clinician reviews your skin and history, and confirms that this treatment is right for you before prescribing.
Blocks interleukin-17A
Targets a key psoriasis signal
Calms inflammation
Less redness and scaling
Slows skin overgrowth
Plaques thin and fade
Acts on the immune system
Aimed at the cause
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.
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Still have questions? Reach our care team at 514 111 1111
Start my assessmentPossibly. You fill out a short health form, and a Canadian-licensed medical professional reviews your case. If Taltz is right for you, your clinician sends a prescription to your pharmacy. Your clinician first checks if online care is suitable, and some people need in-person care or specialist monitoring.
Taltz blocks interleukin-17A, a signal that drives inflammation in psoriasis. With this signal reduced, the skin grows more normally. It is a biologic, which means it is made from living cells.
Skin often starts to improve within the first weeks. Many people see their best results after several months. Your clinician reviews your progress with you.
Common effects are injection site reactions, colds, nausea and fungal infections. Bowel inflammation and serious allergic reactions are rare but possible. Seek urgent care for trouble breathing, swelling of the face, or bloody diarrhea.
People with an active serious infection, including tuberculosis, or an allergy to the product should not take it. Your clinician takes special care if you have Crohn's disease or colitis, and reviews your vaccines and pregnancy plans.
Other options include creams such as calcipotriol, oral medicines such as apremilast or acitretin, and other injections such as adalimumab, certolizumab or bimekizumab. Your clinician talks about which fits your case.
Many people keep using a moisturizer or a cream on stubborn plaques. Tell your clinician about every medicine you take, including those for other conditions.
There is limited information on use in pregnancy. Tell your clinician if you are pregnant, plan to be pregnant or are breastfeeding. Your clinician decides what is best for you.
Each consultation costs CA$175. Your pharmacy charges separately for medication. Ask your insurer whether your plan covers the prescribed treatment.
Taltz is the brand name sold in Canada for ixekizumab. It is an injection made by one company. Ask your pharmacist or your clinician if you have a question about the product you receive.
Your Care Team checks in before each refill. Your clinician may ask for photos or an update on how you feel. If Taltz is still right for you, the prescription is renewed and sent to your pharmacy.
Careful checks, every step
Infection screening
Before you start, your clinician checks for tuberculosis and other infections.
Skin check-ins
Your Care Team reviews photos and how your psoriasis responds over time.
Bowel symptoms
Report lasting diarrhea, bloody stools or belly pain right away.
Infection watch
Report fever, a lasting cough, thrush or a skin infection.
Simple pricing for your skin care.
Medication costs are separate. Ask your insurer whether your plan reimburses online consultations.
Start my assessment
Related treatments
Your clinician can suggest another option when this one is not the right fit.