Hollis/Emla Cream - read if you have vaginal pain

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On the tube and on the box it says – Lidocaine 25mg, Prilocaine

25 mg, carbomer, polyoxyethylene hydrated castor oil, sodium hydroxide, water

That’s it …

nne

From:

VulvarDisorders [mailto:VulvarDisorders ] On

Behalf Of hgz

Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 2:32 PM

To: VulvarDisorders

Subject: RE: Emla Cream - read if you have vaginal pain

nne,

Is that the complete ingredient listing you gave? Are there

really no

preservative/inert ingredients in addition?

Hollis

I

just wanted to tell everyone that I got the Emla Cream (made by AstraZeneca)

that I sent away for to Canada and paid $36.00 for. I later found out that I

could have gotten a prescription for it and pay $10 co-pay at my local

pharmacy. Anyway it is made of 25mg of Lidocaine and 25mg of Prilocaine mixed

with hydrated castor oil and sodium hydroxide. This product is sold over the

counter in Canada, England and other European countries. The box it was

packaged in was really strange as the writing was Arabic and it said it was made

it Israel. The tube itself was written in English and said it was made by

AstraZeneca on the front but on the back where it listed the ingredients it

said it was made by AstraZeneca, Sweden. AstraZeneca is an American

manufacturer also, which is where the American product is made. Drug companies

have manufacturing plants all over the world.

Anyway,

what I like the most about the cream is that it is very thin consistency. You

just put your finger on the top of the tube and you get enough to spread all

over the genital area. I usually have to put my finger on the top about three

times because my pain is to touch and that covers the whole area including the

part with hair. The Lidocaine gel I had before was very thick and you had to

use a lot of it to cover. The Emla cream is much better – I can see that this

tube will last a long time, because you barely use anything. When you first put

it on, it burns for about a minute then goes away. It helps with the pain

almost completely and lasts for about six hours. So if you have really

excessive bad pain in the vaginal, perineum area, this gel will really help

you. If you don’t have a doctor to get a prescription, then pay the money to

get it from Canada – it is well worth it.

nne

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Thanks, nne. That polyoxyethylene makes it a no-no for me. If i need anumbing agent, i guess it'll be the lidocaine in emu oil i had compounded for the capsaicin treatment that never happened. . . .HollisOn the tube and on the box it says – Lidocaine 25mg, Prilocaine 25 mg, carbomer, polyoxyethylene hydrated castor oil, sodium hydroxide, water That’s it … nne From: VulvarDisorders@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:VulvarDisor ders@yahoogroups .com] On Behalf Of hgz Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 2:32 PM To: VulvarDisorders@ yahoogroups. com Subject: RE: Emla Cream - read if you have vaginal pain nne, Is that the complete ingredient listing you gave? Are there really no preservative/ inert ingredients in addition? Hollis I just wanted to tell everyone that I got the Emla Cream (made by AstraZeneca) that I sent away for to Canada and paid $36.00 for. I later found out that I could have gotten a prescription for it and pay $10 co-pay at my local pharmacy. Anyway it is made of 25mg of Lidocaine and 25mg of Prilocaine mixed with hydrated castor oil and sodium hydroxide. This product is sold over the counter in Canada, England and other European countries. The box it was packaged in was really strange as the writing was Arabic and it said it was made it Israel. The tube itself was written in English and said it was made by AstraZeneca on the front but on the back where it listed the ingredients it said it was made by AstraZeneca, Sweden. AstraZeneca is an American manufacturer also, which is where the American product is made. Drug companies have manufacturing plants all over the world. Anyway, what I like the most about the cream is that it is very thin consistency. You just put your finger on the top of the tube and you get enough to spread all over the genital area. I usually have to put my finger on the top about three times because my pain is to touch and that covers the whole area including the part with hair. The Lidocaine gel I had before was very thick and you had to use a lot of it to cover. The Emla cream is much better – I can see that this tube will last a long time, because you barely use anything. When you first put it on, it burns for about a minute then goes away. It helps with the pain almost completely and lasts for about six hours. So if you have really excessive bad pain in the vaginal, perineum area, this gel will really help you. If you don’t have a doctor to get a prescription, then pay the money to get it from Canada – it is well worth it. nne