In this section you'll find information about the different medicines available to treat skin allergies, such as allergic eczema or reactions to insect bites and stings. Don't forget this is only a guide – talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you've any questions about treatments for skin allergies.
Antihistamine tablets and syrups
An allergic skin reaction to an insect bite or sting can be treated with an antihistamine medicine taken by mouth. These reduce nettle-type rashes or hives and help with itching. Many can be bought without a prescription from your pharmacy.
- Alimemazine
- Atarax (hydroxyzine)
- Becoallergy (cetirizine)
- Benadryl allergy liquid relief capsules (cetirizine)
- Benadryl allergy children's oral solution (cetirizine)
- Benadryl allergy relief (acrivastine)
- Benadryl one a day relief (cetirizine)
- Clarityn allergy syrup (loratadine)
- Clarityn allergy tablets (loratadine)
- Desloratadine (eg Neoclarityn)
- Fexofenadine (eg Telfast)
- Haymine (chlorphenamine, ephedrine)
- Ilaxten (bilastine)
- Levocetirizine (eg Xyzal)
- Mizollen (mizolastine)
- Periactin (cyproheptadine)
- Phenergan (promethazine)
- Piriteze allergy syrup (cetirizine)
- Piriteze allergy tablets (cetirizine)
- Piriton (chlorphenamine)
- Pollenase antihistamine tablets (chlorphenamine)
- Tavegil (clemastine)
- Ucerax (hydroxyzine)
- Zirtek allergy relief tablets (cetirizine)
- Zirtek allergy relief for children (cetirizine)
- Zirtek allergy solution (cetirizine)
- Zirtek allergy tablets (cetirizine)
- The itch of an allergic skin reaction such as an insect bite can be relieved with the following creams.
- Anthisan bite and sting cream (mepyramine)
- Anthisan cream (mepyramine)
- Calamine cream and lotion
- E45 itch relief cream
- Eurax cream (crotamiton)
- Eurax HC cream (crotamiton, hydrocortisone)
- Histergan cream (diphenydramine)
- Xepin cream (doxepin)
Steroid creams
Allergic eczema is best treated with a short course of a steroid cream to reduce the inflammation in the skin. Hydrocortisone creams and the slightly stronger Eumovate eczema and dermatitis cream can be bought from your pharmacy. The other steroid creams and ointments listed here have to be prescribed by a doctor.
- Alphaderm cream (hydrocortisone, urea)
- Betnovate cream/ointment/lotion (betamethasone)
- Betnovate RD cream/ointment (betamethasone)
- Calmurid HC cream (urea, lactic acid, hydrocortisone)
- Cutivate cream/ointment (fluticasone)
- Dermacort hydrocortisone cream (hydrocortisone)
- Dermovate cream/ointment (clobetasol)
- Dioderm cream (hydrocortisone)
- Diprosalic ointment (betamethasone, salicyclic acid)
- Diprosone cream/ointment (betamethasone)
- Elocon cream/ointment (mometasone)
- Eumovate cream/ointment (clobetasone)
- Eumovate eczema and dermatitis cream (clobetasone)
- Haelan cream/ointment (fludroxycortide)
- Hc45 hydrocortisone cream (hydrocortisone)
- Hydrocortisone cream and ointment
- Lanacort cream/ointment (hydrocortisone)
- Locoid cream/ointment (hydrocortisone butyrate)
- Locoid crelo (hydrocortisone butyrate)
- Locoid lipocream (hydrocortisone butyrate)
- Metosyn cream and ointment (fluocinonide)
- Mildison lipocream (hydrocortisone)
- Modrasone cream/ointment (alclometasone)
- Nerisone cream/oily cream/ointment (diflucortolone)
- Nerisone forte oily cream/ointment (diflucortolone)
- Synalar 1 in 10 cream (fluocinolone)
- Synalar 1 in 4 cream/ointment (fluocinolone)
- Synalar cream/ointment (fluocinolone)
- Ultralanum plain cream/ointment (fluocortolone)
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