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Re: doubts and treatments available over the counter (in the UK)

Written by Ralesk at 23 Nov 2002 21:03:05:

As an answer to: doubts and treatments available over the counter (in the UK) written by Val at 23 Nov 2002 15:03:53:

>Also, if anybody is interested, the hydrocortisone cream I'm using is actually available over the counter. The doctor prescribed a 30mg tube but the chemist was out of those so offered me the 15 mg tube which is actually available without prescription. The name of the product is Cortopin. I hope the fact that it is available without prescription doesn't mean it is completely useless.

Some of the ingredients should be on the tube or the attached paper (like whatever mg hydrocortisone...) could you write them here?

>I'm also wondering if I should insist with my doctor to be referred to a urologist. She doesn't seem to be in the know about this type of treatment.

And yet she insisted using HC instead of Betamethasone? She's weird.

>Better than the other doctor though who was covering for her the first time I went in who had never heard of the use of topical steroids for the treatment of tight foreskin and said I should bring in the articles I got off the internet.

Hehe, print some of the medical articles listed on cirp.org for them :} Wonder their reaction.


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