Triamcinolone Acetonide 0.1%

[sinbin]

I believe I have eczema on my face and the back of my kneck. I was prescribed Triamcinolone Acetonide 0.1% and told to use it sparingly for one week. The ointment/cream seemed to work but the 'week' is up and the eczema is still there in places. My question is, when can I use the cream again without incurring the side effects of the cream? Thank you.

[KhonKaenKowboy]

The drug you listed is used for canker sores......run it through www.drugs.com and see if is used for excema.  The best one to use that is widely available here is Clobet...in a 5 gram tube for 40 THB.   It is a powerful steroidal cream.  I read the booklet...says two weeks.  You can also use a UREA 20% moisturizer about ten minutes after the Clobet.  Another one to use is Esperson.  Use small amounts and rub it in.

[trd]

Triamcinolone Acetonide is a steriod cream and is very effective for eczema. I use it for hand eczema I get from time to time. I would advise you to use the weaker 0.02% formulation. You shouldn't use a strong corticosteroid on the face. Bad advice from the other poster.

[sinbin]

33 minutes ago, trd said:

Triamcinolone Acetonide is a steriod cream and is very effective for eczema. I use it for hand eczema I get from time to time. I would advise you to use the weaker 0.02% formulation. You shouldn't use a strong corticosteroid on the face. Bad advice from the other poster.

Thank you TRD. Any idea on how long I can use the weaker formulation for?

[trd]

Thank you TRD. Any idea on how long I can use the weaker formulation for?

Use it three times a day. A couple of weeks max should do it. Use the Aristocort brand. Some other brands are a bit greasy but the Aristocort is not and absorbs well.

[KhonKaenKowboy]

5 hours ago, trd said:

Triamcinolone Acetonide is a steriod cream and is very effective for eczema. I use it for hand eczema I get from time to time. I would advise you to use the weaker 0.02% formulation. You shouldn't use a strong corticosteroid on the face. Bad advice from the other poster.

The active ingredient in Clobet is Clobetasol propionate....yea, strong steroid..that's why it is .05% pure.  Most of the skin whitening stuff has it...and yes it is dangerous to continuously use any of it.  Two weeks max...two times per day.  If you have thinner gg of the skin, don't use it.  The OP didn't state what the name of his med was...the only thing I have seen with .1% triamcinolone acetonide is Kanolone..apparently, it isn't working that well...so you are telling g him to use some with 80% less strength.  The exchange seemed to be more of the fellas patting each other's fanny combined with the innumerable persons here, who need advice for the most rudimentary tasks.  Of course, any pharmacist would give you a free opinion...one on every corner here, as well as a large school of pharmacy at CMU.  I have had excema surface for 45 years...first misdiagnosed as athlete's foot...that made it worse.  I get about a year out of a five gram tube of Clobet...my 83 yo father uses it, too.  No side effects.  Dermatologist charges 125 USD in Virginia.  For jock itch, I use a broad spectrum antifungal.

[sinbin]

2 hours ago, KhonKaenKowboy said:

The OP didn't state what the name of his med was...the only thing I have seen with .1% triamcinolone acetonide is Kanolone

I obtained the cream from my local government hospital. The doctor prescribed me with 2 small plastic tubs of the  Triamcinolone acetonide cream, no brand name. She told me to use it sparingly and if it didn't work not to go back to see her but go see a skin specialist.

It was on the net that I read that it should only be used for 7 days and not on the face. Luckily for me I found that info as I'd only used about a quarter of one tub in that week.

[KhonKaenKowboy]

I think that is a classic case of the pharmacists routinely knowing more about how skin medicine works than the physicians do.  Pharmacy items tend to be very streamlined in Thailand, so while they do change, most pharmacies carry the same line of basic items.  CMU pharmacy grads are now Doctors of Pharmacy.  I got poison ivy in the jungle and the pharmacist looked at it, and gave me a 30 THB tube of stuff that was like a miracle....three days..all gone.  When treated early, you avoid the secondary infection from scratching it raw. 

[BEVUP]

Also for Dermatitus 

.1 perc is strong & Australian doctors wouldn't usually give it (may need to report )' they only ever give .05 perc & I dont believe you will ever get rid of it as like i have spots of Dermo on my feet & after using for a day or 2 looks good but then it rears its head again as though it is laying dormant in you system