Poslam Ointment (Top voted first)

old remedy for skin rashes

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Does anyone know where I can buy Poslam Ointment? My Grandmoyher used to have it and it's the best.

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Poslam used to be made by Emergency Laboratories, Jersey City, NJ 07302. I tried to find them in on-line phone directories but they don’t seem to exist any more. A pharmacist passed along this formula to my parents. A compounding pharmacy should be able to make it up. I don’t know if it is patented or not, nor can I vouch for the accuracy of the formula.

Base is tar distillate, zinc oxide 13.3%, sulfer 0.5%, salicylic acid 1.65%, menthol 0.6%, phenol 0.35%, lanolin 26%.

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I am also looking for this product. From what I can tell it is no longer made but I won't give up yet.

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My most recent container reads:
Medicated
POSLAM
Flesh Colored Skin Ointment
Net Wt. 3/4 OZ.
Ingredients: Tar Distillate, Sulfur, Salicylic Acid,Phenol 0.35%, Zinc Oxide, Menthol, Lanolin
Distributed by
Royal Sundries Corp.
344 Broadway
New York, N.Y. 10013

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The company Alvin Last Inc in Yonker NY made it there and they do not make it anymore. I just had a very bad episode with Erythma Multiforme. They just keep giving me steroid creme that did nothing I have had it since July. Last week I pulled out the Poslam stash - I have only 1/2 jar left and it cleared up in 3 days. I have been fighting this horrendous rash for 3 months + and nothing modernized could relieve it. We need Poslam back. How does one start the campaign?

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Bethany
The best way for both of us would be if you would post the information here. Flower Girl was interested, and a gentleman wrote about plexolan a while back, too. This way you would be getting the information out not just to me but to others who perhaps haven't been actively looking anymore, but would be interested. I showed my daughters your reply, and they are excited!.

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Bethany - I am hoping you will start producing Plexolan again. I started using it 40 years ago and I am now 80 years old and down to my last squeezes on my last tube! I tried to dublicate the ingredients (zinc oxide and lanolin) and it is close but not quite the same. Hope you have some good news for me!

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Answer to #11, I phoned Alvin Last today and they said they stopped making it 7 years ago--not enough sales-wish we could get it back, best thing I ever used.

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Thank you. I will check with them. Have a great and wonderful day. Deb.

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Want to sell it? I grew up on it & have missed it!

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I am looking for Plexolan also manufactured by Alvin Last,Inc.It is lanolin in a tube. Would like to know where to purchase this product. I've used it for years and my mother before me.

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Hello Flowergirl!
I am the great-granddaughter of the inventor and owner of Plexolan. I read your post and it excites me that you used Plexolan as well as your mother and are looking for it. We are in the midst of getting Plexolan up and running again and get it back on the market! My entire family and I were raised on Plexolan as well and it absolutely took care of any skin ailment that we had. I am so happy that you were inquiring about it and again, hope to have it out and hopefully to you as well, in the very near future!

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Hello Susieboots!
I am the great granddaughter of the inventor and owner of Plexolan. I read your post, and first of all would like to thank you for looking for and inquiring about Plexolan. My whole family and I were all raised on Plexolan to cure any and all of our skin ailments. We are in the process of getting Plexolan back in production and on the market and hopefully to you in the very near future. Again, thank you for your post and please stay tuned!!

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I've been watching this discussion, but I'm not sure that Poslam and Plexolan are the same ointment. The main ingredients - zinc oxide and lanolin - are the same, but I'm not sure there was menthol in Plexolan, the one I'm looking for. Bethany: have you made any progress towards manufacturing Plexolan again? It's been a year since we "talked". Sure would like to hear about your progress.

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Hello Susieboots!
I am still in the process of getting Plexolan formulated and back into production. Exciting things! Hoping to have everything completed in the very near future. I will keep you posted. Thanks for checking back in!!

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My children (50 and 47) and I (72) dream of getting our hands on some Plexolan! We used all of ours up years ago. Please let us know when you get it back in production! And Thank You!

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Bethany, any update on Plexolan? My extended family would buy it in a heartbeat!

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Re: Carol (# 70)

Me too Carol. Plexolan was magic cream!!

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Re: Bethany (# 56)

Hello Great Granddaughter. Reading your post of Plexolan & I myself and many friends are soooo wanting to purchase Plexolan!! I noticed the date of your post, back in 2015. Any Plexolan available? I sure wish this magic cream was in stock and on shelves. Plexolan is/was the best!

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I am also looking for Poslam and cannot find a source. Maybe someone should start making it again. It's very effective for skin problems.

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