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I am itching everywhere. Back of knees, forearms. Red bumps slightly raised. Can anyone help me with an ointment that will stop the itching. Hydocordisone not cutting it. Started taking Benadryl tonight but will make me groggy so cant take it during the day HELP! One last thing my bottom hurts so much. Only day 4.
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Ah, sorry you are having so many symptoms, right off.  This happens with triple tx with the Incivek, because you are bombarding your body, with three strong meds, all at once.
  I had the burning butt in the beginning, so I cut out garlic and onion, and stuck with very mild foods, until I got over it. I also washed with Ivory soap and water, everytime I went to the bathroom, which took away the itch/burn.
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1815939 tn?1377991799
You do not say exactly which butt issues you have but here is a post I made earlier today to someone else and I think it covers the topic.

I was a member of the anal issue crowd too. My doc and case manager had no clue of what I could do. But, the forum did, and then I did some trial and error and found some more solutions.

For me, there were two issues.

One was extreme internal rectal pain, like crapping shards of glss or razor blades. Absolutely nothing a person puts on the outside even touches that pain. But I found that if I kept the stools very firm, not like rocks, but really quite firm, I did not have the pain when I passed stool. (The internal pain is probably from rectal fissures, caused by the irritating diarrhea and soft stools.)  To firm up my stools I took Loperimide at the very first sign of a soft stool. After I figured out the solution, I had no more problem with internal pain.

The other issue is the hemorrhoids, the external rectal and anal irritation, and the external burning. For this I used Huggies baby wipes with aloe after every single stool and I got every little hint of stool off of the butt. Any stool left on burned and itched. A person can also take a shower every time but that gets to be a few showers every day, lol. I also used lidocaine creame with hydrocortizone cream (prescription) and it numbs the outside. At times I used Prep. H cream but that was too irritating when the reactal/anal area was irritated. I did use Prep. H suppossitories at night. That helped (soothed). Later on I used Desitin cream. I had an entire counter of items that I used at various times depending on what the worst issue was.

Other suggestions are to drink a lot of water. Several quarts a day. My doc said to drink a gallon of water a day. Also, be sure you are getting enough fat. People say that it helps with the anal.rectal issues.

Some have used sitz baths or soaked in the tub. Other butt items are baneal solution, butt balm, A&D ointment, etc. Some use tucks but I tried them but my butt was way to raw for them, they burned. You have to try thethings out and see what works.

For me, though, the key was keeping the stools firm and the butt sparkling clean.

I surely hope this helps you.

Best of luck.
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1815939 tn?1377991799
I used :
*Fluocinonide ointment (strong steroid ointment) (Prescription)
*Hydroxyzine 25 mg. 1-2 tabs every 6 hours )I use 7 a day usually)(prescription)
*Clobetesol solution for the scalp. (prescription)

The ointment did stop the itching and eventually (a 2-3 of weeks) cleared the rash but the rash just moved over to a new spot.

The hydroxyzine is what did the trick. It is wonderful and I  do not itch anymore as long as I take at least 7 a day. Plus it is clearing up the rash and all of the red spots.

Absolutely no over the counter meds helped me. They were not strong enough.

Keep the rooms cools, especially the bedroom.
Ceiling or box fans help.
Wear Light weight cotton clothing and not too much of it.
No tags in the neck.
No scratchy clothes.
No clothes that will make you hot or make a body part hot (sox, turtleneck, heavy shirt or sweatshirt, etc.).
Soft cotton sheets.
Lightweight covers.

Hope that helps.
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163305 tn?1333668571
Oatmeal based soap and lotions are good. Some swear by gold bond.
Wear cotton and silk.
Check out this post:
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-C/Side-effects-after-Incivek-is-over/show/1584953
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190885 tn?1333025891
i itched all night till 3 or 4 in the morning...never got it under control...don't wear anything polyester...clean your cloths with plain water...don't use anything with down....i couldn't beat it..must have sensitive skin...the worse part was the laying down in fiberglass feeling...i think with low hgb might make it worse.....you might have to hang in there and deal with it...its a drag but in a little while tx will be over.....good luck....billy
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2135877 tn?1381861126
My bottom really hurt but it went away after 10 days or so.  With Vaseline it went away.

Here's what I did for the itching:

-Eucirin lotion after showers and before bed.
-Don't take hot showers, but instead luke warm showers (almost cool.)  Then 1 minute before the shower is over, I turn the water to straight cold.  
-Don't sweat...don't workout....just do light walks and jogs.  
-No sugar!  Sugar made me itch every time.  I have no idea why.
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1280753 tn?1367757932
i use Clobetasol ointment. have your doc prescribe it for you...it works great..
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