• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for eczema)
• Side effects

  None
• Adherence

  Sometimes
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 1 app Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for eczema)
• Side effects

  Mild (itching)
• Adherence

  Sometimes
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 2 app Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for psoriasis)
• Side effects

  Mild (redness)
• Adherence

  Sometimes
• Burden

  Very hard to take

Dosage: 0.05 g Daily

Advice & Tips: I think it is to greasy and I just don't like the way it doesn't absorb into my skin but stays wet. Also I have been on this exact same ointment for 3 years and think you should change treatments every 6 months so you don't become used to one or another.

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  None (for herpes outbreak)
• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for skin eruptions)
• Side effects

  Severe (eczema herpeticum)
• Adherence

  Usually
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 2 app Daily

Advice & Tips: I used this cream for the widespread folliculitis on my face and it was coincidental with a massive eruption of impetigo due to undiagnosed eczema herpeticum. I stopped using it immediately and a day later was given antibiotics, and 48 hours later was given anti-virals due to the severity of the symptoms. I can't comment on the cause vs. effect of using this cream but would not use steroid cream again now I know I have HSV.

Cost: $50-99 monthly