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  • 27-02-2014 11:47pm
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    annieoburns
    Registered Users Posts: 505 ✭✭✭


    Sad to report that our auld reliable, as in pink ointment called Germolene is no more!! The company that made it was taken over and new product with new name replaces the cream but no more ointment which is far superiour.

    Any hidden stocks? please let us know.....


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    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    I was never keen on Germolene because from my childhood days mother always used Zinc ointment which I felt was a far superior product. They will repackage and rebrand the same ould stuff in a different colour......and smell.


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    Layinghen
    Registered Users Posts: 1,552 ✭✭✭Layinghen


    Used to love the smell of Germolene. Another thing that is gone is Mercurochrome, that lovely red liquid that was applied lavishly on cuts and scrapes. The stain it left on your skin showed you had been in the wars :)


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    annieoburns
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    Is mercurochrome related to iodine? My father used swear by the latter and kept a small bottle of liquid in his workshop. Years ago I was recommended to use iodine in gel format (betadine) for a nasty wound on a child. Now it cannot be had over the counter here (but can be got abroad). One reason is that it interfers with other medication/conditions such as warfarin and thyroid. It also causes me to come out in a nasty rash and this relates to celiac disease.

    Still hunting for old style ointment.... I found the cream with 'sell by' date of 2015 so am hopeful :)


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    muffler
    Registered Users Posts: 45,820 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    annieoburns wrote: »
    Is mercurochrome related to iodine? My father used swear by the latter and kept a small bottle of liquid in his workshop.
    I remember getting bit by a neighbours dog when I was about 6 or 7 and it was fairly deep and painful. The neighbout put iodine on it and sweet Jesus I would have preferred another bite from the dog.

    Sharp stuff but good though.


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    enfield
    Registered Users Posts: 1,109 ✭✭✭enfield


    We used to use what sounded like acreamicin. It was an antiseptic cream and stopped infections on cuts, hey, I'm still alive!!


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    Sun in Capri
    Registered Users Posts: 211 ✭✭Sun in Capri


    Sudo Cream (not sure about the spelling!) - you can't beat it.


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