Poison Oak Treatment?

[Pharmseller]

How often is triamcinolone applied? Three, four times per day.

Mometasone is recommended once daily.

Fewer side effects.

The ultra high potency stuff isn’t necessary, especially if coadministered with orals.

Triamcinolone makes sense for pts who can’t afford better, I get it, but mometasone is pretty cheap too.

I think it’s a better molecule.

 

[willfrye027]

The only effective treatment is systemic steroids. And it has to be a long (14+ day course with a taper). Short course risks rebound with worse lesions than when you started the steroids. Topical may help with the itching, it does not result in any faster resolution/healing.

The benefits/risks of oral steroids is only worth it when it’s really, really bad.

TLDR: it sucks, you just have to wait it out.

 

[Bubblehide]

I haven't read the whole thread, but I have done a ton of research on poison oak, because I got it, way to many times, in the past. It's is the oil in the plat that gets you, as had been pointed out. The oil can float on the wind and land on you, far from the plant. The oil can be absorbed through the skin, and the travel in the blood stream. Once in the blood stream a breakout can happen at any skin irritation, including anywhere you scratch.

Typically, people do NOT developed a resistance to poison oak, the opposite is typically true, it get worse with each exposure; which has been my experience unfortunately. You can get poison oak from the skin-hair of game.

Research has proven that micro dosing (previously mentioned) in an incremental manner, is effective for many people. But if you get poison oak, don't waste time, just go to your doctor and get shot up, have the doctor gove you a steroid too.

If I'm in an area with poison oak, I simply do my best to avoid it. I have gone through micro dosing treatment, long ago. I haven't gotten poison oak in years, thank God.

Lastly, some people are immune to it, I wish I was one of them.

 

[NRA4LIFE]

And you'll need an ocean....... of calamine lotion. But yeah, Prednizone is your best bet, from you're doc.

 

[waspocrew]

How often is triamcinolone applied? Three, four times per day.

Mometasone is recommended once daily.

Fewer side effects.

The ultra high potency stuff isn’t necessary, especially if coadministered with orals.

Triamcinolone makes sense for pts who can’t afford better, I get it, but mometasone is pretty cheap too.

I think it’s a better molecule.

Triamcinolone twice daily. I think you’d be surprised at how well it works if you actually prescribed it to patients on a daily basis.

As I mentioned though, your topicals aren’t the heavy hitters in this case - oral corticosteroids are.