I think my 7yr old son has chicken pox..is Triamcinolone Acetonide safe to apply to the blisters?

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27 Aug 2010

No, please don't apply triamcinolone. Basically let the virus take it's course. Just give acetaminophen for fever or pain (symptomatic relief) and you could apply calamine lotion to the itchy spots.

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lindagail1965 27 Aug 2010

when my daughter was 5 she had the chicken pox ... all i used was the calamine lotion ... it worked

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