My eczema exploded upon taking Niacin as part of a clinical research trial. I never did take any drugs to combat it. I pretty much controlled it by applying coconut oil on it for a week.
http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/news/2014/10/Silverberg-accident-prone-eczema.html
Intense itching and dry, irritable skin aren’t the only problems
adults with eczema face. They are at greater risk of accidental bone
fractures and other injuries, a new Northwestern Medicine study has
found.
This is the first study to find adult eczema is a risk factor for fractures and other injuries.
The increased odds of accidental injury could be directly related to
the side effects of steroids and sedating antihistamines commonly
prescribed to treat the skin disorder or the under-treatment of severe
cases, study authors suggest.
“Many eczema patients who are prescribed medication for itch are
often given sedating antihistamines or steroids, but those medications
may come at a price,” said Jonathan I. Silverberg, MD, PHD, MPH, assistant professor in Dermatology, Medical Social Sciences and Preventive Medicine and senior author of the study. “Sedatives cause fatigue, and steroids can lead to bone density problems and osteoporosis.”
The study, published Oct. 29 in the journal JAMA Dermatology, validates what Dr. Silverberg sees regularly at the Northwestern Multidisciplinary Eczema Center.
“Last month three of my patients with eczema cancelled at the last
minute because of injuries,” he said. “One fell and almost got hit by a
bus, another was hit by a car and then another missed her appointment
because she was in a car accident. You can't make this stuff up.”
More than 10 percent of adults have eczema, which also is called
atopic dermatitis. A third of those people report a moderate- to-severe
form of the skin condition. The itch eczema patients experience can be
maddening.
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