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Permalink Reply by Shadow on October 9, 2011 at 12:38pm

Awesome! I will try it. I have Flonase already because that is what I use for allergies. Thanks for the tip! I will let you know after my pod change tomorrow night.

Permalink Reply by Lisa Dalbec Fiecke on October 9, 2011 at 1:25pm

I hope it works for you!

Permalink Reply by Jgos on October 9, 2011 at 12:58pm

Lisa

That is fantastic. I have been using the Omnipod for 5 months odd now, time flies. But the problem has been the movement of the pod during sleep or the day when flying. I am really pleased that you have found Fluticasone that is used over here quite a bit for the allergy groups. I would have never thought over using the spray topically. Well done. How is your boy doing on the Pod now ?

Permalink Reply by Lisa Dalbec Fiecke on October 9, 2011 at 1:24pm

He's doing great now! Still the occasional occlusion, he's still real lean so we have site issues but to get past this itching is huge for us!

Permalink Reply by daneenm on October 9, 2011 at 2:13pm

Wow, very interesting! Thanks for passing along the tip! Do you think Nasonex would have the same active ingredient?

Permalink Reply by Lisa Dalbec Fiecke on October 9, 2011 at 2:27pm

I would guess no, but you could google both and see what the active ingredient is. It's nice too since the Fluticasone is a generic it only cost me $8.00 for my co-pay! I don't even want to think about how much I have spent on skin preps and the like trying to find something that would help him.

Permalink Reply by NatalieHodge on October 10, 2011 at 2:00pm

yep, and it has even less systemic absorption

Permalink Reply by Jacob's mom on October 10, 2011 at 8:01am

I'm so happy for you, just wondering wear he wears his pods, i also have a 13 yr old son using the omnipod for about 6 months with pretty good success his two occlusions have been on his leg no issue with belly we can't seem to find any other sites that his likes but it works for now, good for you for trouble shooting, it must have been a tough stretch dealing with the itching problem, i can only imagine. hope things are smoother sailing for a while!

Permalink Reply by Lisa Dalbec Fiecke on October 11, 2011 at 4:10am

We don't have a whole lot of sites, he uses his lower back right above the underwear and the top of his butt. He seems to get an occlusion whenever we try his arm. Where on the leg does your son wear his? He's very athletic and they get knocked off for us too, just lost one last night during a football game. It's tough when they are so lean!

Permalink Reply by Jacob's mom on October 11, 2011 at 7:48am

Jacob tried the top thigh area maybe not the best spot for your guy if he is really lean, he liked it for a bit so he could be incognito in his bathing suit ( god forbid someone see his pod, i understand it is a tough age...) i have tried to convince his to try low back but he is resistant, arm also peaks out of the t shirt.. but i've heard canulla pointing toward the shoulder works better hang in there you are not alone! we have had issues with highs after pod changes but seem to have worked this out let me know if you need any pointers.

Permalink Reply by NatalieHodge on October 10, 2011 at 1:59pm

This is VERY interesting, I have been thinking about this, and of course you couldn't use a topical steroid ointment because the pod would not stay on, flonase is very minimally systemically distributed, and it should dry and not cause problems with pod adhesion. My daughter has allergies out the wazoo and Asthma, so we've got all this stuff at home.

Will keep it in mind and ask at our next endo appt.

Did it stick ok with the tegaderm right on the dried flonase then?

Other questions I have are the other allergy meds, allegra and singulair, we use singulair for asthma, eczema and seasonal allergies, so it could potentially help with contact dermatitis from adhesive.

Great to hear it!!

Natalie

Permalink Reply by Lisa Dalbec Fiecke on October 11, 2011 at 4:15am

Yes, we let it dry completely and the tegaderm has no trouble sticking. Without the flonase the tegaderm itches him as well. He has tried claritin and zyrtec orally for the itching but neither of them worked. This has been the only thing that has help him! Don't be surprised if your Endo has not heard of using this, ours had not but was kind enough to let us try it anyway since she was aware we had tried everything else and he was no longer on the pod because of the itching. Good luck!

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