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Subject: Re: Any cures for poison ivy out there?
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Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 18:42:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 17 18:42:00 1985
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I went through a recent bout with the stuff, and I can only mention what
worked for me.  I used calamine lotion (yup, the ol' pink stuff) to dry
up the rash, along with occasional baths with baking soda in the water.
To keep the itching at bay, I used a product called rhulicreme, a topical
analgesic whose active ingredients are benzocaine, camphor, menthol and
zirconium oxide.  The calamine is unsightly, but it cleared up the rash
in short order (3-4 days for a major case).

One note of caution:  for the first few days, I used a hydrocortisone
product to combat the itching.  It helped a bit, but the rash kept 
spreading and I gave it up.  I then phoned an expert on the subject
(my mother :-)) and switched to the calamine and rhulicreme.  A 
friend of mine who was less cautious kept using the same hydrocortisone
product and ended up with a very severe case.  


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