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BGO ointment last distributed by Calotabs Co. in Greenville, SC. Company has apparently closed...not further info. Ointment is an antiseptic, antifungal cream for relief of th athlete's foot, ringworm, hemorrhoids, externally caused blemishes, cracked lips, minor cuts, burn and bruises, corns, itching from burning skin due to sunburn and non venomous insect bites. Contains salicylic acid, sulphur, zinc oxide, phenol calamine, menthol, petrolatum lanolin and mineral oil. Have used this product for over 50 years and it works great. Would be so happy to find a new distributor if one exists.

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To: BeasleyDrugCompany, Any progress on BGO concentrations for recreating a product like BGO?

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Regarding the compound ingredients and their percentages needed, would you be able to determine the percentages if someone who still had some of the product gave you some to experiment with? Several of the people who commented indicated they still had some of the product. Perhaps one of them would be willing to share some with you.

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I have a small jar of BGO that I have protected for 40+ years. It’s great for all uses, but I would love to have some for my nieces and nephews... it does a great job on acne! Please let me know if anyone has replicated it!

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Re: BeasleyDrugCompany (# 9)

Have you had any luck formulating a similar product?

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Re: Jacob (# 5)

Please post on information where this can be bought when it is developed.....I too have been looking for this for years...I normally just use Calamine lotion when the need is there.....

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Re: Jacob (# 5)

Did you ever find out the precentages? Are you able to produce any BGO (or whatever name you will call it) in your compound pharmacy?
Please let me know. Thanks so much!!

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Re: BeasleyDrugCompany (# 9)

Would love to know when you do. Would buy 12 of them.

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Yes I would definitely purchase BGO. Please let me know if there is a new distributor. Anxiously waiting. Thanks.

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I assume we're talking about the same stuff (pink in a white container). My Mema used it for EVERYTHING and that's how I came to use it and it DID fix everything! It was like MAGIC! If I had a pimple, BAM--GONE! Didn't dry my skin out either. Minor burns--BAM--HEALED! Why do they discontinue a product that actually works?? ::cries in hands::

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Re: Casey Robinson (# 43)

I would love to be able to buy this product. It worked on ingrown toe nails. I still have the same big toe with the problem and back when it was available I could put BGO on it and I could dig the nail out after using BGO on the area. That was the only thing I used it for. So if the pharmacy makes it for you I would love to purchase it from them. Thank you for your time in this matter.

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Re: Lori Lukasiewic (# 45)

Can you share a list of the ingredients? {edited for privacy}

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Re: Lori Lukasiewic (# 45)

Will you send me ingredients please and I will se if my pharmacy can make me some also?

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Re: Martha (# 53)

Found this!!! I also just ordered the alternative this person recommended off of Amazon for 10 bucks.

From the thread The Ingredients for BGO Cream made by Calotabs Co of Greenville SC

" I don't know how old your jar of BGO (Beeman's Greaseless Ointment) is, but my father owned the company from the mid 1950s until 1975, when he retired and sold the company, and it moved from Daytona Beach to Greenville, SC. As you probably have guessed, it is out of business now.

If your jar is white plastic with red lettering and a white metal cap, it was made after 1975 in Greenville, SC by the gentleman who bought the company from us. If your jar is brown glass with a black metal cap, and white label with black lettering with some red highlights, it was pre 1975. We also sold it in white tubes with back and yellow lettering, and I have tube that has never been opened.

When I was 15 in the late '50s, I discovered it would shine chrome, but I don't remember by dad being all that impressed.

I checked the ingredients between what we had in it and what it had in it out of NC and the ingredients are exactly same, and are as follows:

Idoform, Salicylic Acid, Sulfur (Precipitated), Zinc Oxide, 1%, Phenol(Liquified), Calamine, Menthol, Petrolatum, Lanolin, and Mineral Oil.
I found a thing on the internet saying a good substitute for BGO is Calmoseptine ointment available at Walgreens.

Their website is: calmoseptine.com "

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I am ordering the ointment that will be compounded with the same ingredients as BGO. I have to purhcase this in large quantites.

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Re: Jacob (# 5)
Ran across this trying to find BGO ointment. Did you have any success with compounding this wonderful ointment?

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Please, I need to find some BGO. My grandma ordered it all the time until she passed away. I have not found it since.

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Re: david (# 3)

Is BGO available anywhere? If not, where can I go to find it?

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Re: Beverly Smith (# 2)

Where are you getting it compounded?

Thank you.

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Re: Beverly Smith (# 2)

Do you have a replacement for BGO?

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Re: Beverly Smith (# 2)

Looking for BGO ointment.

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