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447057 tn?1205259823

I'm being told that I'm allergic to Neosporin

After getting a cut few days ago on my forearm, I applied Neosporin to aid in the healing process.  The first thing that I noticed right away was the irch.  I thought it wasjust healing, so I thought little of it.  By the next day it was getting oozy and developing bumps.  The next day I was afraid it could be a staph infection (since its going around) and I went to the doctor.  They told me that I was allergic to Neosporin.  They advised me to put nothing on it and keep it wrapped lightly only to keep it clean so that it will dry out (they also gave me shot of a steriod in my tush to help with that).  Here's the thing, I have been taking benedrill before bed and the itch and pain is still waking me up at night.  Does anyone know what I could maybe put on it that would NOT be like neosporin, but would help dry it out and stop itchin?
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Hi,

Have you had symptoms of allergy before? Are you allergic to any other specific substances or to any medications?

You could talk to your doctor about taking oral antihistamine or oral antiallergic medications and whether they would help you with your symptoms.

You could also use some calamine lotion to help soothe the lesions.

Let us know about how you are doing and keep us posted about what your doctor advises.

Regards.
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217599 tn?1202850952
maybe some benadryll cream, or lanacaine.  my daughter is also allergic to neosporin.  it goes along with her allergies to antibiotics.  are you allergic to antibiotics, too?
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