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Suggest Treatment For Itchy, Painful Toes Caused By Taking Florinef

I recently increased my dose of Florinef from .1 to .2 mg. It caused edema in my feet so I stopped taking it yesterday. For the past two days I have had itchy toes, they are really hot and red and have little red bumps all over them, along with a couple of blisters. How can I stop the horrible itching and pain?
Tue, 24 May 2016
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dear patient,i have understand your question and your problem. the main side effect of florinef is it causes fluid accumulation in the body leading to edema in the feet and it also weakens your immune system due which you developed infection in your toes.it is also known to cause diabetes so i advice you to get your sugar levels checked. i advice you to go back to the original dose of florinef and dont stop it immediatly if you have been taking it more than a week. the drug needs to be slowly tapered off.
till then apply bactroban ointment on your toes after washing and drying with a disinfectant soap.
and contact your doctor to prescribe an alternate medicine accordingly.
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Suggest Treatment For Itchy, Painful Toes Caused By Taking Florinef

dear patient,i have understand your question and your problem. the main side effect of florinef is it causes fluid accumulation in the body leading to edema in the feet and it also weakens your immune system due which you developed infection in your toes.it is also known to cause diabetes so i advice you to get your sugar levels checked. i advice you to go back to the original dose of florinef and dont stop it immediatly if you have been taking it more than a week. the drug needs to be slowly tapered off. till then apply bactroban ointment on your toes after washing and drying with a disinfectant soap. and contact your doctor to prescribe an alternate medicine accordingly.