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I have kind of a bad case of poison oak. My GP wanted to put me on prednisone, but I get manic when I take it. He gave me a cortisone (also a steroid) cream to apply topically instead. There is a warning on the label that "rarely", people who have reactions to steroids can have reactions to topical cortisone.

I don't really know what to do. Anyone else used this stuff?
Posted on 07/17/12, 07:20 pm
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Reply #1 - 07/17/12  7:22pm
" Just use it for a short while. It should be fine. "
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Reply #2 - 07/17/12  7:24pm
" ARRGGH with all the horror stories I've read about Steroids and BP...have you tried Calamine lotion or a paste made of Baking Soda ?

Even an oatmeal bath is supposed to help with itchy skin

Just throw some rolled oats into the tub...add tepid water

Warning, may clog drains if you have septic system "
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Reply #3 - 07/17/12  7:50pm
" Wear clogs in the bath , then "
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Reply #4 - 07/17/12  7:52pm
" i have hyperhydrosis and have to use Lydex (fluocinonide)-it is also a topical steroid-i have been using it for over 30 years-it is like a one in a gazillion chance of it ever affecting anything besides your skin (topical)-just make sure you wash your hands and dont touch your eyes-you should have no reactions like you did with prednisone it doesnt get into your bloodstream
p.s-stop scratching!!! "
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Reply #5 - 07/17/12  7:57pm
" I doubt cortisone cream will affect your BP. I used it yesterday, for some kind of itch above my cast. Maybe that is why I am so down and confused today?

Just joking, I have used it lots. Prednisone makes me insane. Cortisone cream and cortisone inhalers just are not absorbed enough to make it to the brain. "
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Reply #6 - 07/17/12  8:03pm
" i've used steroid cream too w/out disaster - good luck x "
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Reply #7 - 07/17/12  8:51pm
" okay there is something i do not remember name of. it is granually and grainy and has a medication built in... "
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Reply #8 - 07/17/12  8:55pm
" . . . and it works ! like the first time. "
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Reply #9 - 07/17/12  8:59pm
" eureka ! it's Zanfel


http://www.zanfel.com/help/ "
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Reply #10 - 07/18/12  12:20am
" I've used it for years. My skin itches like crazy all the time. It has done me no harm. "
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