timodine

[trixipaws]

this morning i was trying to get a bowl of icecream and it was VERY very hard like rock so i was really attacking it with a table knife. somehow it either slipped or ricocheted off and i plunged it into my left hand! it hit my first two fingers just above the bottom knuckle and due to the bluntness of the knife, the cuts (which were about 1cm long each and deep enough to draw blood but not deep enough for hospital) they were a bit gaping. (it was gross, i felt queasy and had to lie down so not to )!
anyway i washed the cuts with soapy water and then almost automatically rubbed in some timodine cream we had in the cupboard (its a fab cream that heals wounds twice as fast as they'd heal naturally)- then i remembered i must watch what i put in my body now, and though there was no warning on the tube, i did not have the box it came in as my mum gave me the tube (i think its a prescription cream too), so i wasnt taking chances and rinsed it out with hot water.
altho i rinsed it out, i;m still a bit worried- does anyone kno anything about it?

 

[weestar21]

ive never heard of that type of cream hun, if your really worried give nhs 24 a ring they will be able to advise you whats best to do

good luck hun
thinking of you
xxxxxxxxx

 

[gingerpig]

http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100002586.html

I found the above on Timodene. As it contains a mild steroid, it's best to use it only the advice of a dr/pharmacist, whether pregnant or not. Legally pharmacists are not allowed to sell steroids to pregnant women unless prescribed by your dr. However, according to one dr I saw at my surgery different levels of steroids will or will not cross the placenta. The one's I am using sadly do, but I have reduced them to the minimum amount. Timodene contains hydrocortizone which is the lowest level so would not cross the placenta. I dont know about the anti-fungal, the anti-biotic or the water replacing film, but I would assume they are ok. I am currently using an anti-fungal cream on my legs as they are quite fungal atm (lovely!) and sometimes use a anti-biotic cream on my hands. I've been told that these don't cross the placenta either. The anti-fungal cream has canesten in as it's anti-fiungal, and the anti-biotic contains fucidic acid.

The main thing is, you washed it out straight away, so it's really unlikely it would have had any chance to enter your blood stream. Even if it did, the cream is supposed to stay put, or may have even been bled out by the bleeding from your cut. So I think it's really, really unlikely that you would have absorbed any of it. Even if you did, I would not think that in those quantities it would have any effect on your baby, and I'm not convinced it would cross the placenta anyway. Gotta love those placenta's! Obviously do check it out with your MW/GP if you are worried, it might also be an idea to get that cut looked at anyway as it sounds nasty. Sorry you cut yourself, and hope you got some ice cream in the end

 

[cloud9]

well I know nothing about the cream but i was px an anti fungal cream for skin infection a couple of weeks ago i asked GP if it was safe for baby he said creams aren't absorbed ...but gingerpig seems to know a lot more on the subject than me. I was also treated for scabbies right at the beginning of my pregnancy ( god i sound such a minger LOL) and GP said pregnant mice had eaten it and it had no affect on thier babies

hope you fingers aren't too painful

Why were you having ice cream on a sunday morning ???

 

[Lyndsey]

When I went abroad I read the packaging for the insect repellent and the anti itch creams and they all said not to use in pregnancy - When I talked to my GP about it he said that alot of the companies who make the products haven't officially tested their products on pregnant women as it is not ethical ( can you imagine if something did happen!) So without the evidence to say that women and babies are not at risk the companies put the warnings on.

My GP told me that most creams are not absorbed into the blood stream in enough quantities to affect the baby as by nature they are designed to stay where they are put. Put there are some risks associated with steroids so you should ask for advice ( NHS DIRECT is great for this)

I am sure, from what you have said, that the risk , if any is small, but if it would make you feel better then get some advice from professionals.