For you HC cream users... question..

[Guest guest]

How do you measure 1/8 tsp. with one of those medicine syringes? I

could only find syringes with 1 tsp., 1.5 tsp. or 2 tsp. measurements

and sometimes I need to take a dose of HC that equals 1/16 tsp or 1/8

tsp. (1/8 tsp. = 5 mgs., 1/16 tsp. = 2.5 mgs).

One other question-- did anyone have problems transitioning over to the

cream from HC pills?

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

I use a very simple conversion of .1 ml = 1 mg HC. I just use all even

numbers to make dosing easier, since my syringe is marked off in .2 ml

increments. So I dose .8 ml, .6 ml, .4 ml, and .2 ml. This equates to

4 notches on the syringe, then 3, 2, and 1. It also adds up to 2 ml,

which equals 20 mg. This takes into account that the cream is more

potent than the pill form, since you don't lose any to digestion. The

stomachache disappeared the minute I switched over, and I switched

directly from Isocort, counting each pill as .2 ml or 1 notch.

Barb

" TUbbs " wrote:

>

> How do you measure 1/8 tsp. with one of those medicine syringes? I

> could only find syringes with 1 tsp., 1.5 tsp. or 2 tsp. measurements

> and sometimes I need to take a dose of HC that equals 1/16 tsp or 1/8

> tsp. (1/8 tsp. = 5 mgs., 1/16 tsp. = 2.5 mgs).

>

> One other question-- did anyone have problems transitioning over to

the

> cream from HC pills?

>

> Thanks,

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

The syringe I have is for 1 tsp, but has markings in 1/4 tsp. Each 1/4 tsp.

segment has 6 sections. so for 1/8 tsp. I use 3 sections. I haven't had to

go down to 1/16 though. To do that I just take it orally with a pill.

Cherie

> How do you measure 1/8 tsp. with one of those medicine syringes? I

> could only find syringes with 1 tsp., 1.5 tsp. or 2 tsp. measurements

> and sometimes I need to take a dose of HC that equals 1/16 tsp or 1/8

> tsp. (1/8 tsp. = 5 mgs., 1/16 tsp. = 2.5 mgs).

>

> One other question-- did anyone have problems transitioning over to the

> cream from HC pills?

>

> Thanks,

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I found 1/8 tsp at WalMart. I keep it in my purse. I also keep a small

tube of 1% HC cream AND a small tube of .5% HC cream. That way, if I want 5

mgs cream I use the 1% cream and if I want 2.5 mg cream I use the .5% cream.

At home I use my little scale which weighs as low as .1 of a gram.

http://www.oldwillknottscales.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD & ProdID=213

Delores

For you HC cream users... question..

> How do you measure 1/8 tsp. with one of those medicine syringes? I

> could only find syringes with 1 tsp., 1.5 tsp. or 2 tsp. measurements

> and sometimes I need to take a dose of HC that equals 1/16 tsp or 1/8

> tsp. (1/8 tsp. = 5 mgs., 1/16 tsp. = 2.5 mgs).

>

> One other question-- did anyone have problems transitioning over to the

> cream from HC pills?

>

> Thanks,

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Has anyone tried gel? Seems like it would rub in and maybe absorb even

easier than cream. Walgreen one with these ingredients:

Active Ingredients

Hydrocortisone 1%

Ingredients

Benzethonium Chloride , Benzophenone 4 , Hypromellose , Menthol ,

Peppermint Oil , Polysorbate 20 , Propylene Glycol , Purified Water ,

SD Alcohol 40-B 20% by Weight , Sodium Gluconate , Sodium Metabisulfite

http://www.walgreens.com/store/product.jsp?CATID=100949 & id=prod4464.

[Guest guest]

Don't know about all the ingredients but I can tell you the

metabisulfite is a big no-no for me. Causes allergic reactions and

asthma in some. The menthol and peppermint oil will cool your skin

down, like Ben-Gay. You really should try the Wal-Mart Equate brand.

They sell it in big 2 oz tubes, and I swear it rubs in in 10 seconds!

Barb

" jasrich " wrote:

>

> Has anyone tried gel? Seems like it would rub in and maybe absorb even

> easier than cream. Walgreen one with these ingredients:

>

> Active Ingredients

> Hydrocortisone 1%

>

> Ingredients

> Benzethonium Chloride , Benzophenone 4 , Hypromellose , Menthol ,

> Peppermint Oil , Polysorbate 20 , Propylene Glycol , Purified Water ,

> SD Alcohol 40-B 20% by Weight , Sodium Gluconate , Sodium

Metabisulfite

>

[Guest guest]

I'd worry about the benzathonium chloride, and the benzophenone (didn't

research them though) and menthol and peppermint oil can be skin

irritants for some. And I think the SD alcohol can be very drying, if

memory serves. If the gel has the odor of menthol/peppermint, it would

bother ME.

If you try it, please post and let us know how it works.

sol

jasrich wrote:

> Has anyone tried gel?

>

> Active Ingredients

> Hydrocortisone 1%

>

> Ingredients

> Benzethonium Chloride , Benzophenone 4 , Hypromellose , Menthol ,

> Peppermint Oil , Polysorbate 20 , Propylene Glycol , Purified Water ,

> SD Alcohol 40-B 20% by Weight , Sodium Gluconate , Sodium Metabisulfite

>

> http://www.walgreens.com/store/product.jsp?CATID=100949 & id=prod4464.

>

[Guest guest]

Does it have the mineral oil and other stuff that we're trying to

avoid? Mine doesn't take more than 10 secs to rub in either unless

I'm rubbing in a whole 10mg or more worth. I'm actually still just

using it at night which is a small dose right now - only 2.5mg or

2.1gms on my scale. I'm tolerating the other 37.5mg in pill form OK -

maybe b/c the GI is improving as I get closer to an effective dose for

me and b/c of all of the support I'm giving my GI, e.g., the

probiotics, aloe vera juice, etc. I can't say that the GI wouldn't be

even better if I wasn't putting the pills down there though. More to

think about. I had resolved to stick with the doses and schedules

that I'm on for at least a week this time to give my body time to

adjust since I have rarely done that so I think that I will, other

than finding a different cream for night. This schedule is, however,

waking me up at 5:45AM now although not as hard-core as before so with

no hunger and I can evetually fall back to sleep but it's usually not

long before I have to get up so I'm not getting enough. Starting my

reduced work-weeks this coming week so I can sleep on Monday AM too.

>

> Don't know about all the ingredients but I can tell you the

> metabisulfite is a big no-no for me. Causes allergic reactions and

> asthma in some. The menthol and peppermint oil will cool your skin

> down, like Ben-Gay. You really should try the Wal-Mart Equate brand.

> They sell it in big 2 oz tubes, and I swear it rubs in in 10 seconds!

>

> Barb

[Guest guest]

I got the Corticool gel from Walgreens. But, the inactive ingredients showed:

hypromellose, menthol, polyoxyl castor oil, propylene glycol, purified water, SD

alcohol,

Anything funky about those ingredients? It absorbed MUCH easier and smelled

better than the Equate HC Cream from WalMart.

Pamela

jasrich wrote: Has anyone

tried gel? Seems like it would rub in and maybe absorb even

easier than cream. Walgreen one with these ingredients:

Active Ingredients

Hydrocortisone 1%

Ingredients

Benzethonium Chloride , Benzophenone 4 , Hypromellose , Menthol ,

Peppermint Oil , Polysorbate 20 , Propylene Glycol , Purified Water ,

SD Alcohol 40-B 20% by Weight , Sodium Gluconate , Sodium Metabisulfite

http://www.walgreens.com/store/product.jsp?CATID=100949 & id=prod4464.

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[Guest guest]

It looks like a better brand than the others I have seen. I think I will

check out that brand when I use mine up.

Cheri

-----Original Message-----

I got the Corticool gel from Walgreens. But, the inactive ingredients

showed:

hypromellose, menthol, polyoxyl castor oil, propylene glycol, purified

water, SD alcohol,

Anything funky about those ingredients? It absorbed MUCH easier and

smelled better than the Equate HC Cream from WalMart.

Pamela

.

[Guest guest]

I found ointment today at Rite-Aid with only aloe extract and white

petrolatum as inactive ingredients. Sound OK or do we need to avoid

the petrolatum?

>

> It looks like a better brand than the others I have seen. I think I will

> check out that brand when I use mine up.

>

> Cheri

> -----Original Message-----

>

>

>

> I got the Corticool gel from Walgreens. But, the inactive ingredients

> showed:

>

> hypromellose, menthol, polyoxyl castor oil, propylene glycol, purified

> water, SD alcohol,

>

> Anything funky about those ingredients? It absorbed MUCH easier and

> smelled better than the Equate HC Cream from WalMart.

[Guest guest]

I found ointment today at Rite-Aid with only aloe extract and white

petrolatum as inactive ingredients. Sound OK or do we need to avoid

the petrolatum?

>

> It looks like a better brand than the others I have seen. I think I will

> check out that brand when I use mine up.

>

> Cheri

> -----Original Message-----

>

>

>

> I got the Corticool gel from Walgreens. But, the inactive ingredients

> showed:

>

> hypromellose, menthol, polyoxyl castor oil, propylene glycol, purified

> water, SD alcohol,

>

> Anything funky about those ingredients? It absorbed MUCH easier and

> smelled better than the Equate HC Cream from WalMart.

[Guest guest]

I found ointment today at Rite-Aid with only aloe extract and white

petrolatum as inactive ingredients. Sound OK or do we need to avoid

the petrolatum?

>

> It looks like a better brand than the others I have seen. I think I will

> check out that brand when I use mine up.

>

> Cheri

> -----Original Message-----

>

>

>

> I got the Corticool gel from Walgreens. But, the inactive ingredients

> showed:

>

> hypromellose, menthol, polyoxyl castor oil, propylene glycol, purified

> water, SD alcohol,

>

> Anything funky about those ingredients? It absorbed MUCH easier and

> smelled better than the Equate HC Cream from WalMart.

[Guest guest]

>

> I found ointment today at Rite-Aid with only aloe extract and white

> petrolatum as inactive ingredients. Sound OK or do we need to avoid

> the petrolatum?

>

>

> >

> > I got the Corticool gel from Walgreens. But, the inactive

ingredients

> > showed:

> >

> > hypromellose, menthol, polyoxyl castor oil, propylene glycol,

purified

> > water, SD alcohol,

,

PETROlatum is a yucky toxic chem. Here's a site that lists many

common chemicals and how they hurt our bodies:

http://www.health-report.co.uk/ingredients-directory.htm

I just looked up mineral oil b/c Cheri pointed it out to me....turns

out its a byproduct of that nasty fuel we put in our cars! I don't

care if it has been processed, I am not putting gasoline on my skin!

Also, the Corticool product is $7 a tube...but after reading about the

ingredients i'd rather pay $7 than my cheep toxic mineral oil for $2.

http://www.walgreens.com/store/product.jsp?CATID=100949 & id=prod4464

Tasia

[Guest guest]

>

> I found ointment today at Rite-Aid with only aloe extract and white

> petrolatum as inactive ingredients. Sound OK or do we need to avoid

> the petrolatum?

>

>

> >

> > I got the Corticool gel from Walgreens. But, the inactive

ingredients

> > showed:

> >

> > hypromellose, menthol, polyoxyl castor oil, propylene glycol,

purified

> > water, SD alcohol,

,

PETROlatum is a yucky toxic chem. Here's a site that lists many

common chemicals and how they hurt our bodies:

http://www.health-report.co.uk/ingredients-directory.htm

I just looked up mineral oil b/c Cheri pointed it out to me....turns

out its a byproduct of that nasty fuel we put in our cars! I don't

care if it has been processed, I am not putting gasoline on my skin!

Also, the Corticool product is $7 a tube...but after reading about the

ingredients i'd rather pay $7 than my cheep toxic mineral oil for $2.

http://www.walgreens.com/store/product.jsp?CATID=100949 & id=prod4464

Tasia

[Guest guest]

>

> I found ointment today at Rite-Aid with only aloe extract and white

> petrolatum as inactive ingredients. Sound OK or do we need to avoid

> the petrolatum?

>

>

> >

> > I got the Corticool gel from Walgreens. But, the inactive

ingredients

> > showed:

> >

> > hypromellose, menthol, polyoxyl castor oil, propylene glycol,

purified

> > water, SD alcohol,

,

PETROlatum is a yucky toxic chem. Here's a site that lists many

common chemicals and how they hurt our bodies:

http://www.health-report.co.uk/ingredients-directory.htm

I just looked up mineral oil b/c Cheri pointed it out to me....turns

out its a byproduct of that nasty fuel we put in our cars! I don't

care if it has been processed, I am not putting gasoline on my skin!

Also, the Corticool product is $7 a tube...but after reading about the

ingredients i'd rather pay $7 than my cheep toxic mineral oil for $2.

http://www.walgreens.com/store/product.jsp?CATID=100949 & id=prod4464

Tasia

[Guest guest]

You want to avoid petroleum and mineral oil but if there is only one bad

contaminant in there it looks like a pretty good brand to me.

Cheri

-----Original Message-----

I found ointment today at Rite-Aid with only aloe extract and white

petrolatum as inactive ingredients. Sound OK or do we need to avoid

the petrolatum?

.

[Guest guest]

You want to avoid petroleum and mineral oil but if there is only one bad

contaminant in there it looks like a pretty good brand to me.

Cheri

-----Original Message-----

I found ointment today at Rite-Aid with only aloe extract and white

petrolatum as inactive ingredients. Sound OK or do we need to avoid

the petrolatum?

.

[Guest guest]

You want to avoid petroleum and mineral oil but if there is only one bad

contaminant in there it looks like a pretty good brand to me.

Cheri

-----Original Message-----

I found ointment today at Rite-Aid with only aloe extract and white

petrolatum as inactive ingredients. Sound OK or do we need to avoid

the petrolatum?

.

[Guest guest]

> >

> > I got the Corticool gel from Walgreens. But, the inactive

ingredients

> > showed:

> >

> > hypromellose, menthol, polyoxyl castor oil, propylene glycol,

purified

> > water, SD alcohol,

> >

Googling that product...found that it comes in a box with 144

individual packets....customer service is closed but when they open I

am going to find out how many oz in an individual packet...

http://www.mfasco.com/product_info.php/first-aid/itch-relief/p/corticool-1%25-hy\

drocortisone-anti-itch-gel-individual-packets-144-box/cPath/10_292/products_id/4\

075

[Guest guest]

Tasia,

How much is in one of those unit packets? I couldn't find the dosage on that

link.

Cheri

-----Original Message-----

> >

> > I got the Corticool gel from Walgreens.

Googling that product...found that it comes in a box with 144

individual packets....customer service is closed but when they open I

am going to find out how many oz in an individual packet...

http://www.mfasco.com/product_info.php/first-aid/itch-relief/p/corticool-1%2

5-hydrocortisone-anti-itch-gel-individual-packets-144-box/cPath/10_292/produ

cts_id/4075

[Guest guest]

Tasia,

How much is in one of those unit packets? I couldn't find the dosage on that

link.

Cheri

-----Original Message-----

> >

> > I got the Corticool gel from Walgreens.

Googling that product...found that it comes in a box with 144

individual packets....customer service is closed but when they open I

am going to find out how many oz in an individual packet...

http://www.mfasco.com/product_info.php/first-aid/itch-relief/p/corticool-1%2

5-hydrocortisone-anti-itch-gel-individual-packets-144-box/cPath/10_292/produ

cts_id/4075

[Guest guest]

Oops! Never mind. I just saw that you said you were going to call to find

out the oz.

RE: Re: For you HC cream users... question..

Tasia,

How much is in one of those unit packets? I couldn't find the dosage on

that link.

Cheri

-----Original Message-----

> >

> > I got the Corticool gel from Walgreens.

Googling that product...found that it comes in a box with 144

individual packets....customer service is closed but when they open I

am going to find out how many oz in an individual packet...

http://www.mfasco.com/product_info.php/first-aid/itch-relief/p/corticool-1%2

5-hydrocortisone-anti-itch-gel-individual-packets-144-box/cPath/10_292/produ

cts_id/4075

[Guest guest]

Oops! Never mind. I just saw that you said you were going to call to find

out the oz.

RE: Re: For you HC cream users... question..

Tasia,

How much is in one of those unit packets? I couldn't find the dosage on

that link.

Cheri

-----Original Message-----

> >

> > I got the Corticool gel from Walgreens.

Googling that product...found that it comes in a box with 144

individual packets....customer service is closed but when they open I

am going to find out how many oz in an individual packet...

http://www.mfasco.com/product_info.php/first-aid/itch-relief/p/corticool-1%2

5-hydrocortisone-anti-itch-gel-individual-packets-144-box/cPath/10_292/produ

cts_id/4075

[Guest guest]

http://www.drugsdepot.com/catalog.php

This place sells Corticool cheaper and they have wholesale prices even

cheaper if you buy in bulk (plus free shipping). Appears to be another 5%

off.

http://www.drugsdepot.com/catalog.php/drugsdepot/pg10390

Cheri

-----Original Message-----

I got the Corticool gel from Walgreens.

Googling that product...found that it comes in a box with 144

individual packets....customer service is closed but when they open I

am going to find out how many oz in an individual packet...

http://www.mfasco.com/product_info.php/first-aid/itch-relief/p/corticool-1%2

5-hydrocortisone-anti-itch-gel-individual-packets-144-box/cPath/10_292/produ

cts_id/4075