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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

bucolic_frolic

(48,229 posts)

8. medicated expensive

Reply to multigraincracker (Original post)

Mon Apr 11, 2022, 07:25 AM

Apr 2022

Last time I looked, about 5 years ago, medicated zinc dandruff shampoo went for about $2 more per bottle. I'd bet that differential is $3 or more today. The medicated component is eucalyptol. I bought a 2 ounce bottle of name brand eucalyptus oil for about $5. I could medicate about 78 bottles of shampoo with it - medication takes about 6-8 drops.

The more I buy, the more fleeced I feel.

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Coal Tar for dry scaling skin. [View all] multigraincracker Apr 2022 OP

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Don't know why I decided to smell it. multigraincracker Apr 2022 #2

i remember. mopinko Apr 2022 #3

I have been using Kroger brand Coal Tar shampoo for doc03 Apr 2022 #4

I use to work outside in a rail yard all winter. multigraincracker Apr 2022 #6

They changed the bottle now it reads doc03 Apr 2022 #9

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medicated expensive bucolic_frolic Apr 2022 #8

I had a terrible dandruff problem when I was a kid. Coal tar shampoo cleared it right up. Midnight Writer Apr 2022 #10

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Used it on patients in the 80s for full body psoriasis Warpy Apr 2022 #12