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[InquilineKea]

I just got boric and and applied it to the irritated region (I dissolved the boric acid powder into cold water). Do I have to soak the irritated region? It just dries off (does the boric acid stay there when it dries off)? Is it okay if it causes a little irritation?

[TheFountain]

I just got boric and and applied it to the irritated region (I dissolved the boric acid powder into cold water). Do I have to soak the irritated region? It just dries off (does the boric acid stay there when it dries off)? Is it okay if it causes a little irritation?

What product are you using?

[Lufega]

Whenever I can't find it at the pharmacy I buy roach poison that is 100% boric acid. It's the same thing. Dissolve it in hot water and when it cools, apply it with a cloth. Keep doing this a few times a day until it goes away.

[TheFountain]

Whenever I can't find it at the pharmacy I buy roach poison that is 100% boric acid. It's the same thing. Dissolve it in hot water and when it cools, apply it with a cloth. Keep doing this a few times a day until it goes away.

Any thoughts on the boric acid ointment I linked to earlier?

[InquilineKea]

Boric acid doesn't really work

Has anyone tried corticosteroids? I just got a desonide ointment prescription

[nowayout]

Has anyone tried corticosteroids? I just got a desonide ointment prescription

They work well but have to be combined with an antifungal/antibiotic if it is an infection (as opposed to contact dermititis/eczema), because they suppress the immune response.

[TheFountain]

I have reached the end of my anti-fungal rope. I mean the lamisil works a little bit to remove the fungal build up but it isn't stopping the itching as much as I would like. Next, I try a boric acid ointment, and then see a derm for a prescription of some sort.

Edited by TheFountain, 01 September 2011 - 01:39 AM.

[InquilineKea]

Oh okay.

Looks like corticosteroids can only be used temporarily though. =/ Do the effects last after they're applied? What are the differences between corticosteroid injections and topical corticosteroid application? Supposedly, the injections last for a long time - but how?

some more info: http://www.healthboa...ad.php?t=746493
http://informahealth...546630802033858 (though PDF is needed)

Has anyone tried Doxycycline ?

Edited by InquilineKea, 01 September 2011 - 04:43 AM.

[VesperLynd]

Have you been tested for Trichomoniasis?

VL

[TheFountain]

So far the boric acid ointment is helping more than the lamisil or tolnaftate did, though I am still experiencing itching when it rubs off. But the first couple of times I put it on I experienced almost instant relief. I can't imagine that boric powder would stay on the skin without making a mess. Try the ointment.

[TheFountain]

Does anyone have any opinions about what would happen when mixing OTC hydrocortisone with something like lamisil?

[TheFountain]

Okay, I am very close to ordering a corticosteroid off alldaychemist. While i'm at it I may as well go for a prescription anti-fungal cream as well. Any suggestions?

[nowayout]

Lotrisone (Clotrimazole and Metabethasone) contains an antifungal and corticosteroid. This is what my GP prescribes to me for this problem.

[TheFountain]

Lotrisone (Clotrimazole and Metabethasone) contains an antifungal and corticosteroid. This is what my GP prescribes to me for this problem.

And it works well?

[TheFountain]

^^^ I don't see it on alldaychemist. is there a generic name?

Edited by TheFountain, 05 October 2011 - 10:43 PM.

[TheFountain]

I assume this is the generic version?

https://www.alldaych...ogen-15gm-.html

[TheFountain]

What's the difference between Beclomethasone and betamethasone?