Doctors prescribing cheap alternatives to babies??????

[postage]

15 month old baby who has been suffering from eczema and doctor has given Oilytum to bath him with (one bottle a month 125ml cost to buy £5.40) suddenly decides its too expensive to give him every month prescribes him with
Aqueous cream BP £1.25 over the counter. Reviews are bad onb thisd cream it thins the already thin skin and causes stinging effect. It’s cheap and nasty. But very cheap cheaper then oilytum

What would you do??/ new doctor very young from abroad

[cazzz1975]

I agree with hc^ if you like using oilatum then just buy it, its readily available in the shops.

[rowanwitch]

Thanks... Its clear from the easily googleable stuff aqueous cream is good as a cleanser (its original use.).. but not so good as a moisturiser. I have used it in the past but added other things to it including aromatherapy oils and liquid paraffin which was fine on my sensitive adult skin but would be reluctant to use it on a little one as even unadulterated if it gets into cuts or scratches it does sting a bit

[smart1]

Aren't we getting carried away a bit? Savlon stings a bit on open cuts etc, but plenty of people use that on young skin I bet.

[237SJ]

Isn`t Oilatum just glorified liquid paraffin? You could google the ingredients and then find a suitable alternative (without the fancy name) which would be cheaper.

[lunaraine]

Hi, have you tried looking at the burts bees baby stuff? There is an incredible amount of anecdotal evidence in support of it and excema. It is not cheap but worth a look maybe? It certainly won't have any skin thinning issues. Just type 'burts bees baby excema into Google and have a read.

Good kyck

[bednobs]

it will be the PCT probably, not the GP themselves that has banned or restricted the prescritions of Oilatum. When i was a teenager 20 years ago the GP would not prescribe it as it was an over the counter medicine i could buy myself, so i don't think it's a new thing about the GP's not prescribing it.
If £5 doesn't seem very much out of a prescribing budget, then it's not very much for the parents either.
PS the prescribing budget for my PCT area (which covers 1/2 a county, approx 500 000 people) is over £60million a year. That's a hell of a lot of money for taxpayers to spend, and it doesn't seem unreasonable to me to expect parents to spend around £60 a year for their baby's comfort. Most people have no idea what drugs actually cost, and moan about the prescription charge not realising it represents a very small fraction of what the drugs actually cost.

[postage]

I phoned the doctor and asked why baby has been given completely new product to use, and that I am not happy with the reviews and what I feel is not good for the baby. I faxed over some information and asked the receptionist to get the doctor to call me.
There are 5 doctors in this surgery – this young doctor is new to us and I feel he made the wrong decision.
Changing new drugs and products on babies has bad effect with out any consultation or choice he gave the baby 5 big tubes of this cream – to me it’s seems careless and not paying attention to what the baby needs

[postage]

i called the doctor 2 hours ago no ne has bothered to call me back

[smart1]

In my experience they usually phone between 1 -5pm. They have their rounds to do after surgery, so I guess it depends when they get finished with them.

[EDDIE51]

Look here this would last for months !
http://www.ebay.co.uk...L&hash=item20c20d0abf

[postage]

EDDIE51 thank you your very kind to look that up. Doctor was very patronizing and rude kept asking the baby to open he’s mouth and say ahhhhhhhhhh he’s a baby didn’t understand him –
he said any medicene he gives the baby should las 1.5 years??

[Old_Geezer]

Now GPs are no longer to be expert medics alone but must be managers too, it may be difficult to find a GP who prescribes regardless of budget issues, and has any budget left after January. When control of budgets are passed down the line like that one hits the "area lottery" problem where either the local control happens to do what you wish, or does what someone else is hoping for. Not a good system IMO.

[bednobs]

ps oilatum junior is available on amazon for a very good price

[woofgang]

I am really sorry, this will probably get removed but I keep looking at th title of this thread and smiling. What is a cheap alternative to a baby? Maybe a goldfish?


I'll get me coat.........

[EDDIE51]

woofgang, that's what I thought when I saw the title, I half expected it to be an advert for one of those 'lifelike' baby dolls !
But on a serious note I thought doctors were not allowed to prescribe 'Brand Names' now and had to just put the generic name of the product? eg Paracetamol not 'Paramol'

[rowanwitch]

Thats right unless there is a specific reason for a particular version of a product for example a variation in delivery system in asthma inhalers.. or an allergy to a bulking or coating agent I suspect he may be required to prescribe emollient/washing cream or words to that effect

[hc4361]

If your son didn't have eczema, what would you use to bath him with?