protopic treatment for eczema

[barmymamma]

hello everone. can i ask, has anyone used a protopic cream for their childs eczema? its been recomended for my son, but i'm not sure about it. sometimes its called tacrolimus or pimecrolimus or elidel. any info/advice welcome xx Ta

yes it is an immune suppressant i believe for sever eczema

My dd was given it just for real mild eczema on her mouth. Decided against using it after reading about it on the internet. Was a bit worried about it really and didn't feel in our circumstance it was necessary. The mention of avoiding direct sunlight, risk of burning sensations and about small number of people that used it developing cancer worried me. Not to mention you can't have alchol, dd being a child was not a concern in that way but a cream making a differance to drinking seems like a powerful treatment. I was concerned and happy to stay on our usual treatments instead.

here is the proper patient info leaflet . it is in the pdf format.www.medicines.org.uk/emc/medicine/10698

it is for moderate to severe eczema or dermatitis according to the manufacturer

HI MY SON IS SO BAD WITH ECZEMA AT THE MOMENT SO IM RESEARCHING IT ON THE INTERNET SPENDING HOURS ON HERE AND I CAME ACROSS THIS WEBSITE THIS MORNING AND I WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT AS IVE NEVER HEARD ABOUT THIS TREATMENT...ITS AN AMAZING THING...NO CREAMS BUT BLEACH BATHS, JUST A LITTLE OF ORDINARY DOMESTIC BLEACH!!!....MY REACTION WAS SHOCK HORROR AND NO WAY BUT JUST READ IT. IM GOING TO ASK MY DOCTOR ABOUT IT.

www.allmothers.net/household-bleach-potent-treatment-for-niggling-eczema.html

My son had severe facial ezcema and everything else failed we tried elidel.

We were very concerned given the literature and used it very sparingly. He had no side effects and it was amazingly effective.

We did stop using it as soon as possible and were very heavy on high factor suncreams for a couple of years afterwards given the possible skin cancer suggestions.

The ezcema has never returned on his face, and bearing in mind it was so thickened before that he couldn't scrunch up his eyes properly we have been very grateful for that.

In short then, we are glad we did use it, but you need to do so with care.