Pharmacists can work alongside dermatologists, nurses, and other health care professionals to help answer skin care–related questions and help patients understand trial outcomes.
|Articles|December 13, 2021
Daily OTC Pearl: Blue Star Ointment
Author(s)Saro Arakelians, PharmD
Blue Star Ointment is used for skin issues such as itchiness, scaly, dry skin, eczema, rashes, ringworms, jock itch, and athlete’s foot.
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OTC/Lifestyle Pearl of the Day: Blue Star Ointment
Indication: Blue Star Ointment is an OTC cream with
Insight:
- Blue Star Ointment is used for symptoms such as itchiness, scaly, dry skin, eczema, rashes, ringworms, jock itch, and athlete’s foot.
- It can relieve burning feeling and severe itchiness as well.
- Blue Star Ointment contains 1.2% camphor.
- The
American Academy of Dermatology Association recommends ointments or creams with camphor or menthol for relieving psoriasis-related itchiness. However, they also recommend using a moisturizer to counteract the drying effects of these products. - Patients should be advised to not get this in their eyes and to not ingest it.
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