benzoyl peroxide - where can I get it?

[StarlightMcKenzie]

It seems to have disappeared from the shelves and online costs a fortune.

Help anyone?

[fruitpastille]

Your gp? Is it for acne?

[Lafaminute]

Pharmacys used to stock Panoxyl 5 or 10...great for spots!! (but bleaches towels

[ceebeegeebies]

I have been trying to get hold of it for the last few months best I can find was a half used tube on ebay

am gutted as it really cleared up.my spots (the only thing that ever has) and other products just aren't the same so I am back to my spotty chin again

[StarlightMcKenzie]

GP can't prescribe it apparently because the pharmacies don't even stock it for prescriptions it appears (unless they are lying).

It it some essential ingredient in amateur bombs or something?

[StarlightMcKenzie]

So it's disappeared then?

[NorbertDentressangle]

I used to be prescribed that for spots about 25 years ago! I remember it ruining several pillowcases and duvet covers as it used to leave bleached out splodges everywhere

Has it been withdrawn then?

[StarlightMcKenzie]

I really don't know. The pharmacists don't seem to know.

[StarlightMcKenzie]

Bump?

[derektheladyhamster]

I use duac once daily which contains 5% benzoyl peroxide. It's on prescription from the doctors. I last got it in Jan, so I don't know if it's been stopped since then.

[4nomore]

I've been unable to get Panoxyl Aquagel 5 (or any of the other Panoxyls), through Amazon I found Brevoxyl 4%. It's like the gream formulation of Panoxyl, I think it's even by the same manufacturer (Stiefel?) and it works (even at 1% down)

[derektheladyhamster]

Quick check on boots.com suggests that they all need a prescription, even panoxyl which I used to get over the counter

[StarlightMcKenzie]

I need the 10% stuff. (Actually I need the liver-killing oral stuff but am bfing).

[OrangeLily]

I had it up until the summer and would collect my prescription from boots. The saga went on for weeks/months but the

[derektheladyhamster]

I always used the 10% stuff, but it stopped working so I went to the doctors who prescribed the duac once daily. It works so much better, and unless i've got better at using it, it doesn't bleach my clothes, towels and bedsheets!

[OrangeLily]

Woops....

Basically the manufacturer has stopped making it

Bastards.... It was the only thing that worked.

[LaurenLaverne]

oh noooo! Im going to turn back into a spotty mess!

[StarlightMcKenzie]

Okay. So I've ordered some from Malaysia....... Goodness knows what if anything will come!!!!

[StarlightMcKenzie]

So basically I have to go to the GP!?

[didoreth]

Don't know why but benzoyl peroxide is currently unavailable. Your gp can prescribe duac instead - its benzoyl peroxide plus an antibiotic.

[LaurenLaverne]

Just ordered Quinoderm from amazon but it said I might get an email requesting additional information. Hope they cough up the goods!
I might be back asking for the details of the Malaysian stuff.

[LaurenLaverne]

Whoop! The Quinoderm arrived with no questions asked. It was £7, so a bit more expensive than Panoxyl Aquagel. Has the Malaysian stuff arrived?

[Jux]

I was trying to get this for dd with a prescription from our doc, about 4 weeks ago. The local chemist rang round all the pharmacies within a 20 mile area, to no avail. We bought something over the counter, but can't remember what.

Will keep an eye on this yhread for when dd runs out again. Duac. Must remember that!

[expatinscotland]

I buy mine from the US.

[StarlightMcKenzie]

ooh, a box arrived yesterday but assumed it was a mouse trap

[Chiggers]

Lauren, what size is your Quinoderm cream? I know that I can go to Boots and get a small tube of it here in NI.