> # Re: steroid creams - where to get in the US?

> Written by Jon at 20 Jul 2000 17:37:33:

> As an answer to: steroid creams - where to get in the US? written by Victor at 20 Jul 2000 04:22:34:

> >I live in Los Angeles, USA. I'm looking for steroid creams such as betamethasone
> >to deal with phimosis. Are these legal in the US and where can I find them?

> To get them in the US you need a doctor's prescription and then any pharmacy will have them. Since you live in L.A., you have another option. Go down to Tijuana and visit a farmacia, a Mexican drug store. Ask for "Dermovate," it's a topical steroid made by Glaxo. It isn't very expensive, when I bought mine (in Matamoros, across from Brownsville, TX) a few years ago it was only 66 pesos for a 40 gram tube which translates out to about $6.60 US. The only thing you need a prescription for in Mexico is a controlled substance - narcotics, not necessary for a steroid cream.

> You can have a fun day in Tijuana and get the cream at the same time.

> Use it a couple of times a day in very small amounts around the tight area at the tip of your foreskin (outside, not inside) - more is not better here, for a week, then in the second week, continue the small applications but also begin to gently stretch your foreskin back. Don't cause pain, gentleness will achieve the best result.

> You'll see results by the end of the second week.

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> - Re: steroid creams - where to get in the US? Jon 7/20/2000 17:40 (0)

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