salicylate: Okay I need some pratical help
 

Hi everyone. I am trying to read the book my fibromyalgia doctor. Recommended.

And its good, but the one thing it says I have to get rid of in my household
items I use has this ingredient in it.

Well the thing is I am having trouble with this. I need a dry skin lotiion immediately for my hands and feet. And I can't make heads or tails of
my things that are in the house.

The only thing I'm sure of is that I probably should stay away from aloe,
and scented things, which lots of mine are. So I wont touch those till
I figure out how to clear them.

Anyone know if aveeno, is okay. Mine is anti-itch cream but it works
to just sooth things. Which right now would work for my feet. I also
have something if I can find it that they gave me in the hospital
which I'm sure is okay. But its lost in my mess.

First things for my skin and shampoo, and bodywash that would be safe.

Then I'll be ready for food.

Can you help me.

Donna

Hi,
Are you using
Aveeno Anti-Itch Concentrated Lotion with Natural Colloidal Oatmeal ?

It looks pretty safe to me.

Here is a good web site.

http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/

http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/wor...ch+cream&go=go
M.

Thanks Mari, yep that is the one.

Donna

Salicylate
 

Hi,
It's harder than it should be. I was googling around and finding confusion.

Apparently Salicylate is a sun screen. And apparently, it is not good for us.
It shows up in lots of things -- including food.


But I don't understand chemistry very well.

I guess your book explains things.



M.

That Aveno sounds like something I could use Donna. Where do you buy it?

befuddled2

Barb

I either bought it at Walgreens, or some place like Meijers. I've had
it since I started getting my allergy shots. But I bought a couple
of cheaper anti-itch creams, that I'm sure I can't use now.

And am I really glad I kept this one for when it was really bad.
I hate spending the kind of money I did on this one. SO I kept
a cheaper one in my purse so if I lost it then it was okay.

I've lost about 5, and this one stays either at home. Or in like
suitcases. But right now and it may stay that way I'm not
getting the shots.

So I can use this, and money isn't a issue is it turns out he puts
me on this drug that I need to get this particular ingredient out
of me and what I use.

So Mari, those sites I appreciate, and yes its in lots of foods.

I'm worried because I read tea on the list, its not something
I'm going to be able to give up till we solve some of the cough
issues. So I've got to find something I like that I can drink in
the tea family.

I was to chicken to see if hot chocolate is in there.

DOnna

Well I have to go visit my favorite hair salon.

I use just one kind of shampoo, its for very fine hair. I can't use it
anymore. I get it from the salon.

So I've got to go have her help me find something new.

But hopefully this will help with some of my problems.

Even though I've only washed my own hair once in like 2 months,
thanks to my asthma.

Donna

Zinc oxide for anti-itch
 

Hi,

-->> I use a generic diaper rash cream from the grocery store for itching because it is 40% zinc oxide. It works great.
The cream I use is white -- it works in areas covered by clothes. :cool:
(And zinc is good for some people with bipolar.)

But tonight I started looking up the inactive ingredients. :confused: :confused:

I think I need to find a new product because one of the ingredients is iffy. :Sigh:

According to the link I left above, Rite Aid has a zinc product that is safe.
http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/bro...r=webscore+INC
But no Rite Aids near me. :(


-->> I wonder how the tea tree products would work.


-->> I could call/go to the health food store near me and ask if they have any zinc creams. I will still have to check each ingredient.......can't trust the health food ingredients 100% either.


Mari

Right, can't be to careful
 

And thanks mari, I found three items I think might be safe for me.

I"m going to do some mroe research, and see if I can locate them

They aren't something I've ever heard of so its a long shot.

But you really gave me a place to start.

Which was what I needed. And the aveeno was helpful tonight.

I'm up because my coughing is keeping me up. And last night
I wheezed through my sleep. And knew it all night.

So I'm just chilling and enjoying till I finally can't stay awake

Donna

Donna,
Going through a list to change your personal care products takes work and effort. You are doing well. :)

I wouldn't miss tea. But chocolate might be hard. I can go without chocolate for a while, but I think if I had to "give it up" I might not be happy.

I hope that you get some sleep.
Take it easy.

Mari

Dear Donna, just causght up with this thread.
wow...you are having to change alot of things in your life...
it sounds very stressful.
I am sure your beautition will be able to help you find a new shampoo.
Good luck in all of this work that you are doing.
you're amazing.
bizi:hug:

the tea family.

I was to chicken to see if hot chocolate is in there.

DOnna[/QUOTE]

Donna, if I had to give up chocolate I'd go crazy. Hopefully you won't have to.

befuddled2

Okay I read more into the book. I wont be worrying about those food items.

If I do a diet I'll have to worry about the carbohydrates diet things.

Which doesn't look to much fun either. But sure looks better than
trying to figure the foods that have this in it.

Donna

Ah you must be reading the book on the Guai diet. Its a rough one but if you stick to it as the book states it could help.
I know it wouldn't work for me. Too many things to keep track of.

I think Aveeno products are the best. I have very dry skin and I have that among other products.

When I was a kid, my skin was sooooooooo dry, my mom would give me oatmeal baths, I believe it was one of the Aveeno products.

My dermotoligist told me to buy Cetaphil creme, which I did, but there are other products I like better.

Good Luck...Nikko:hug:

No the book is called what your doctor wont tell you about Fibromyalgia.

Donna

Yes I had that book. Sold it on Ebay. I don't recommend that book to anyone beyond the general information that it gives.
The Guai diet as I call it is too strict, but I give you all the kudos in the world if you want to give it a try. When you have FM, you have too much to worry about as it is.....nevermind having to pull out this monster list to see what you want to use or eat is okay to look at nevermind put in your mouth or on your body!

As its turning out he isn't asking and I guess wasn't going to ask
me to use the ideas. Just wanted me to read the book.

But I did make the one change for sure to my choice of shampoo.
Because my hair person could give me the exact thing I needed immediately.

Even though it was expensive. I'm not going to have to worry about eating
on it either way. And he told me at the appointment the other day not
to go one either diet period. And I told him right back, I hadn't planned
to unless it fit into the 1400 calorie diet that my primary had put me
on.

He informed me that my primary was a nutritionist before she was a doctor,
and he would much rather me follow her ideas than a diet idea. So I'm very
happy with that. He also told me the idea is aspirin, and so the other thing
is to pretty much not take aspirin, which I've already been told only to
take naxproxen anyway now.

So all is good. I am looking for one more thing that I think is a good idea that is a daily wash for the body. And that will be it for the keeping out
of the item.

Donna