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Tirant22

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Severe contact dermatitis caused by poison ivy or poison oak exposure often requires treatment with:
 
  1. Topical antipruritics
  2. Oral corticosteroids for 2 to 3 weeks
  3. Thickly applied topical intermediate-dose corticosteroids
  4. Isolation of the patient to prevent spread of the dermatitis

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Appropriate initial treatment for psoriasis would be:
 
  1. An immunomodulator (Protopic or Elidel)
  2. Wet soaks with Burrow's or Domeboro solution
  3. Intermittent therapy with intermediate potency topical corticosteroids
  4. Anthralin (Drithocreme)



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Answer to Question 1

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Tirant22

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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again




 

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