Yesterday morning I burned my hand (2d); immediately got it under
running cold water.
When I could, I GOOGLED rfc for burns and saw a suggestion for
Silvadene cream.
Since wife had a Dr. appointment anyway, I asked her to ask for a
perscription for the cream. Got it and applied it.
Its purpose is to guard against infection, however, the pain seemed to
ease on application.
There are a large number of variables involved: I soaked my hand on
and off in cold water for several hours until the cream arrived, so I
can't say the cream affected the pain.
Does anyone know if the Silvadene cream actually had an effect on the
pain or just acted as an anti-biotic? - Mike

Michael Horowitz wrote:

> Yesterday morning I burned my hand (2d); immediately got it under
> running cold water.
> When I could, I GOOGLED rfc for burns and saw a suggestion for
> Silvadene cream.
> Since wife had a Dr. appointment anyway, I asked her to ask for a
> perscription for the cream. Got it and applied it.
> Its purpose is to guard against infection, however, the pain seemed to
> ease on application.
> There are a large number of variables involved: I soaked my hand on
> and off in cold water for several hours until the cream arrived, so I
> can't say the cream affected the pain.
> Does anyone know if the Silvadene cream actually had an effect on the
> pain or just acted as an anti-biotic? - Mike

It acts as an antibiotic and you have to be very judicious in it's use.
Don't get it on intact skin. Don't use much of it (use sparingly). It is a
miracle cream for many burn patients (not cheap either, huh?) but can
cause some problems itself (systemic absorption for one thing). One thing
to be aware of is the risk of superinfection.
Hand burns should always be assessed by a skilled professional health care
provider, so I'm a bit concerned that your wife's doctor Rx'd sight
unseen.
Goomba

This reminds me of a remedy I've used for years but everytime I mention
it no one has heard of it. I keep a container of flour nearby all the
time and sometimes even in the frig. If/when I burn myself I
immediately stick the burned place in the flour and hold it there till
the pain starts to go. Rarely if ever have a resulting blister and
always much less pain.

Michael Horowitz wrote:
> Yesterday morning I burned my hand (2d); immediately got it under
> running cold water.
> When I could, I GOOGLED rfc for burns and saw a suggestion for
> Silvadene cream.
> Since wife had a Dr. appointment anyway, I asked her to ask for a
> perscription for the cream. Got it and applied it.
> Its purpose is to guard against infection, however, the pain seemed to
> ease on application.
> There are a large number of variables involved: I soaked my hand on
> and off in cold water for several hours until the cream arrived, so I
> can't say the cream affected the pain.
> Does anyone know if the Silvadene cream actually had an effect on the
> pain or just acted as an anti-biotic? - Mike

Coas****cher wrote:
> This reminds me of a remedy I've used for years but everytime I mention
> it no one has heard of it. I keep a container of flour nearby all the
> time and sometimes even in the frig. If/when I burn myself I
> immediately stick the burned place in the flour and hold it there till
> the pain starts to go. Rarely if ever have a resulting blister and
> always much less pain.
>
> Michael Horowitz wrote:
>
>> Yesterday morning I burned my hand (2d); immediately got it under
>> running cold water.
>> When I could, I GOOGLED rfc for burns and saw a suggestion for
>> Silvadene cream.
>> Since wife had a Dr. appointment anyway, I asked her to ask for a
>> perscription for the cream. Got it and applied it.
>> Its purpose is to guard against infection, however, the pain seemed to
>> ease on application.
>> There are a large number of variables involved: I soaked my hand on
>> and off in cold water for several hours until the cream arrived, so I
>> can't say the cream affected the pain.
>> Does anyone know if the Silvadene cream actually had an effect on the
>> pain or just acted as an anti-biotic? - Mike
>
>

Unless the integrity of the skin has been breached, and you are a
diabetic or had radical lymph node removal from the same extremity;
applying Silver based creams is a complete waste of it.

Tylenol for the pain is all you can do.

The important thing is to cool the burned area immediately you get burned!

Notice the specific sentence where it states that prior to the
application of the cream, the burn area is cleaned and debrided:

http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic3/silversulf_ids.htm

Rich

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Richard Periut > wrote in
:

> Unless the integrity of the skin has been breached, and you are a
> diabetic or had radical lymph node removal from the same extremity;
> applying Silver based creams is a complete waste of it.
>
> Tylenol for the pain is all you can do.
>
> The important thing is to cool the burned area immediately you get
> burned!

Not too cold, though. A bag of frozen vegetables will often provide more
pain relief than a bag of ice, because ice will burn the skin as well.

When I recently burned the palm of my hand, I couldn't even hold it under
the cold water coming out of the tap because that produced a burning
sensation. A bag of frozen corn, 4 Advil, and about 10 hours were the only
things that lessened the pain. This is all on the advice of my doctor
friend, who said 'There is nothing to be done for burns of this type except
time and pain relievers. It will hurt like hell until at least tomorrow.
Get used to it.'

Cate

Michael Horowitz > writes:

>Does anyone know if the Silvadene cream actually had an effect on the
>pain or just acted as an anti-biotic? - Mike
>

Silver sulfadiazine (Silvadene) is, obviously, a sulfa drug, which accounts for
the warnings against using it improperly.
Silvadene is used on OPEN wounds to prevent infection. Its use on a closed-skin
burn is a waste of money. However, if the burn has blistered and the blister
has broken, then it will help prevent infection. You didn't specify whether
your burn was superficial/closed or blistered and/or open.
I've used prescription Silvadene on a persistant wound for many months, and I
also find that it does have a cooling, soothing property, for whatever reason.

Connie
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"Michael Horowitz" > wrote in message
...
> Yesterday morning I burned my hand (2d); immediately got it under
> running cold water.
> When I could, I GOOGLED rfc for burns and saw a suggestion for
> Silvadene cream.
> Since wife had a Dr. appointment anyway, I asked her to ask for a
> perscription for the cream. Got it and applied it.
> Its purpose is to guard against infection, however, the pain seemed to
> ease on application.
> There are a large number of variables involved: I soaked my hand on
> and off in cold water for several hours until the cream arrived, so I
> can't say the cream affected the pain.
> Does anyone know if the Silvadene cream actually had an effect on the
> pain or just acted as an anti-biotic? - Mike

It's the best stuff for burns ever created, I swear. When I was cooking at
the club, I got splattered by hot grease burning myself pretty severely in
several large patches on my left arm. The Silvadene cream was the only way
to stop the pain, even temporarily. Every time the pain would come back, I'd
apply more cream and it would go away. I used a big jar of that stuff before
my burns healed. It is amazing.

Miss Jean

silvadene is a anti fungal used to keep fugas from infecting open burnt areas

In article >,
(GMAJaskol) wrote:

> silvadene is a anti fungal used to keep fugas from infecting open burnt areas

Emu oil is better. ;-)
Less scarring.

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