Does Polysporin contain steroids?

June 18, 2004 6:40 AM

I have a few different types of Polysporin lying around the medicine cabinet, but I'm under strict instructions not to use steroids on my cut. Does anybody know if any of the varieties of Polysporin contain steroids?
posted by jon_kill to health & fitness (4 comments total)

a few antibiotic ointments include corticosteroids. you might check the label and google anything listed as an 'active ingredient?'
posted by shoos at 7:26 AM on June 18, 2004

IANAD but I don't think so unless it is prescription. In Canada at least, I was told that you can't get steroid creams without one.
posted by loquax at 7:38 AM on June 18, 2004

Either ask a pharmacist or ask the person who gave you the instructions in the first place. I'd trust that over anything I found on the Web.
posted by jjg at 11:28 AM on June 18, 2004

Creams like cortizone and cortaid should be available OTC anywhere.
posted by shoos at 4:51 AM on June 19, 2004