Ovelle Emulsifying Ointment 500g

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At SFH if needed for other uses eg for lips, then use yellow soft paraffin, available from NHS supplies.

Grey / Non-Formulary (no formal assessment): APC has not formally reviewed this medicine or indication because it had never been requested for formulary inclusion. Often used for drugs new to market. Aqueous cream may be associated with skin reactions (stinging, burning, itching and redness) when used as a 'leave-on' emollient, often within 20 minutes of application, and especially in children with atopic eczema. See MHRA Drug Safety update March 2013. It's a good idea to protect babies' hands and cheeks with an emollient before mealtimes to stop them getting sore from food and drink. Use a clean spoon or spatula to remove emollients from a pot or tub. This reduces the risk of infections from contaminated pots. Risk of slippingYou may need to experiment with different emollients or try a combination. For example, you may decide to use a cream during the day and an ointment at night. How to wash with emollients They can be used to replace lost moisture whenever your skin feels dry or tight. They're very safe and you cannot overuse them.

This avoids diluting the effect of the treatment and spreading it to areas of skin that do not need it. When to apply emollients Emollients are often used to help manage dry, itchy or scaly skin conditions such as eczema, psoriasis and ichthyosis. Bath and shower emollientsshould never be prescribed see NHSE Items which should not be routinely prescribed in primary care.

When to apply emollients

A supporting prescribing guideline may be requested which must have been agreed by the relevant secondary care trust DTCs and approved by the Nottinghamshire APC. function e(){var e=document.createElement('script');e.type='text/javascript',e.async=true,e.src='//staticw2.yotpo.com/MCN0waWlSaGnmquVBtpvetg2aznN9nNnQb9m8rPf/widget.js';var t=document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];t.parentNode.insertBefore(e,t)})(); No new patients to receive prescriptions in primary care. Patients already receiving Red Medicines in primary care should be handled on a case by case basis with the support of the Medicines Optimisation team. First line - Balneum ® Plus Cream (100g tube) - also contains lauromacrogols. Use only if emollient alone has not helped itching. Can be used for existing patients if switching toExocream/Zerocream is not acceptable to the patient.

Your skin feels dry, itchy and scaly when the outer layer of skin cells, known as the stratum corneum, loses too much water. The stratum corneum normally contains natural water-holding substances that retain water seeping up from the deeper layers of the skin. Water is also usually kept in the skin by a film of natural oil (sebum) and broken-down skin cells that slow down evaporation of water from the skin surface. An audit of children attending a paediatric dermatology clinic recorded the proportion of immediate cutaneous reactions to emollients (defined as one or more of burning, stinging, itching and redness developing within 20 minutes of application). Aqueous cream was the emollient used by most (71%), which was associated with an immediate cutaneous reaction in 56% of exposures, compared with 18% with other emollients used (details of the other emollients were not reported; n = 100).

Safety advice when using emollients

Other first line options are Epimax ®ointment and Liquid & white soft paraffin ointment (Fifty:50®).

Epimax ®ointment - First line option for severe dry skin as per Notts Emollient Formulary. Comparable to Hydromol ®, Zeroderm ®,Cetraben ®, and Epaderm ®.Everyday soaps, shampoos and shower gels usually dry out the skin and can make skin conditions like eczema worse. Lotions are good for hairy or damaged areas of skin (such as weeping eczema – where pus is seeping out of damaged areas of skin). This is because lotions are thin and spread easily, but they're not very moisturising. Sprays They help prevent patches of inflammation and flare-ups of these conditions. Types of emollients Lotions