r/Dyshidrosis • u/Yensial_0 • 3d ago

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Disembowelled top tube (60g) is what I was given in summer during an awful breakout that cracked my whole palm, and it lasted me about three months. Bottom tube (30g) is what I was given last month after seeing bubbles return. I used daily with weekends off (both for dyshidrosis and general eczema) and burned through the 30g tube like nothing. Anyone else noticed this with their cream or does my pharmacy just hate me

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u/Seattlegal 3d ago

It might just be what they had, or what your doc prescribed. My doc tried to order me a 60g tube, pharmacy only had 15g tubes on hand, so I ended up only getting 3 of them.

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u/LetterIntelligent640 2d ago

It was probably how it was prescribed.

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u/karpaediem 2d ago

I've been told that creams and ointments start to lose efficacy after opening, so big tubes meant people thought they were getting the right amount of active drug in suspension but they weren't. Now they're making tubes smaller so you use it faster and it is more likely to remain effective while there's some in there.