# Itching

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itching/686168>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 15, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itching/686168 "2014-04-15T12:37:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itching/686168/1 "2014-04-15T12:37:46Z")

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I have a patch of scalp psoriasis that is driving me crazy with itching. I have seen the dermatologist several times, and am prescribed incredibly expensive topical steroids that do not work. Has anyone with severe pruritus tried it, and if so, how did it work?