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Is there a world-wide shortage of Diprobase or is it just confined to N Ireland? Maybe it is connected to oil prices, after all it is made from liquid paraffin!
My 7 year old daughter has suffered with eczema since she was 6 weeks old, her's is the type that will not go away, it is inherited from her father. Basically she suffers with extremely dry skin that flares up into horrible bright red patches that sometimes bleed or even become infected. She gets very itchy if she is too warm, ill, or a bit run down. To try and avoid her skin from breaking out in sore patches she has a daily regime of moisturising. The main part of this regime involves being covered from head to toe every morning and night with a very greasy moisturiser or emollient, in this case we use Diprobase. We have tried various products over the years but always come back to Diprobase.
So what is Diprobase? Well it is an emollient, it is made of liquid paraffin, white soft paraffin and water, there are a few other ingredients as well such as chlorocresol and cetostearyl. The cream is white, quite a heavy cream. It has a strange smell, not unpleasant and it does not leave a lasting smell on the skin when applied. It is very greasy but is absorbed well into the skin, it doesn't seem to leave greasy marks on my daughter's clothes. If you get it on your hair it can make it look quite greasy so don't rub your hands through your hair after applying. My daughter has this applied in the morning and then at night, if she has a flare up then we would apply it to the specific areas affected.
My problem is I have gone to my chemists twice within the last 6 weeks to get my daughter's prescription for Diprobase only to be given an alternative cream. I have been told that there is a "manufacturer's shortage". Now I don't know how true this is, if I was cynical I would think they were trying to give me cheaper alternatives, but who would think that? We usually get a large pump dispenser of Diprobase and this lasts 2-3 weeks depending on how good/bad my daughter's skin is. I will have to try and buy some off the internet as the alternatives are not very good and I can see a deterioration in my daughter's skin, it is very dry at the moment.
I am not sure how much Diprobase costs as we get it on prescription, but it can be bought from chemists, although you usually have to ask the pharmacist for it.
For my daughter Diprobase is a god-send, it relieves her dry itchy skin. She is 7 now and has grown up with being covered head to toe with a horrible greasy cream, I know the time will come when she will not want to have the cream put on, but hopefully she will understand that her skin would be so itchy without the Diprobase.
Diprobase is made by Schering-Plough, but I can't find any details on their website, maybe it has a different product name.
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