Mazon Cream (Page 4)
Updatedfor eczema, psoriasis- seeping, cracking, blistering skin- I personally used it from the age of 6 mos. in 1955 to 1988, then it disappeared from shelves- it was an over the counter cream and it really worked. At the age of 3 months my skin would swell, crack and seep a clear liquid- a pediatrician introduced the cream to my mother and at the time they had a bar soap, shampoo and cream-of which I used occasionally over the course of 30 years then all of a sudden it disappeared. I did have part of a jar I used sparingly and guarded with my life and I called the company that made the cream and they said that they took the recipe out of circulation. The jar is long gone- sadly and I do not know the name of the pharmaceutical company that originally made it. I now am entering menopause and my skin has flared up out of control and cortisone creams makes my skin thin and easily bruised beneath the surface which is just as unsightly as the redness, swelling and seeping but not as painful. I really long for a good skin product. Mazon was a beige cream that resembled the inside of a milky way candy bar and I believe if I remember correctly that it was a tar based cream. I have tried other tar based ointments but the oily bases tend to only create more problems- even cortisone ointment does not work only the cream- but prolonged use has so many other negative effects- as I stated above thin skin, easily bruised-like blood looks like elderly skin that has a blood spill beneath the first layer of skin and I also notice very hairy growth from the cortisone on the forearms- thank goodness I'm a blonde. Anyway, do you know of this product Mazon or one similar that has been known to have good results??? Help Please send me any information on anything comparable- have you ever heard of MAZON cream??? Is it available again, if so where?
Re: meg (# 15)
Same here......covered with eczema as an infant through teens, through 50s & 60s. Mazon is what helped. Bring it back.
Re: Dory R (# 34)
Yes there is and i and a survivor of antiphalactic purphura do to my mother slathering this product all over me a a 2yr old child with eczema! Spent almost a yr in and out of hospital had what looked like some one almost beat me to death with huge purple bruises all over my body. So painful all i did was cry because you couldn't even touch me. Took a Doctor from China to figure out what is was. All due to mercury in there product and my mother slathering me with it on a daily basis like it was some miracle cream. Docs kept asking her for months about detergents, perfumes, diets, ects. Thank god for the doctor that saved me from this product!
Re: Jude (# 61)
Mason is the only thing that worked on my eczema. I used it from a baby until my early20’s and I haven’ t seen it since. When I lived in Md suburbs of DC, I had to drive into DC to the only pharmacy that carried it. It was worth the drive.
Re: Sandy (# 59)
I have been trying to find out if Mazon contained compounds of mercury when I was treated with it 80 years ago for eczema. Your post caught my attention. Do you have any further information on the formulation back in the 30's. It worked, but I wonder if it could be responsible for my current problems with CFS and fibromyalgia. I used a lot of it over extended periods.
Re: Paul (# 64)
Yes, Mazon had mercury in it. So did vacines (in the form of thimerisol) and contact lens solution (for gas permeable lenses). Thimerisol was a preservative. I don't think thimerisol is used any more, but I have a severe reaction to mercury (when I get an allergic reaction to handling fish, I figure that's why), and I think it's because I used Mazon ointment when I was young. It look me a year to figure out that the contact lens solution had thimerisol in it. Now when medical people ask if I have allergies, I always put "mercury," and they look at me like I'm nuts, and I have to explain why.
I don't know if mercury would affect your current problems. It is a poison that can affect the brain. The phrase "mad as a hatter" came about because hatters used a mercury substance to make fur hats and the fumes affected their brains.
I'm glad people here seemed to feel Mazon helps, and it looks as though the current ointment doesn't have mercury in it. It just seems to take the medical establishment too long to figure out what doesn't work and what's toxic.
I am also searching for this product. It worked so well and then, as you say, vanished...and was replaced with inferior products that don't work at all.
Mazon Medicated Psoriasis Topical Cream (NDC 68858-100)
Active Ingredients:
Coal Tar 0.55 g per 100 g
Inactive Ingredients:
Ariacel 60, Bentone LT, Benzoic Acid, Cerasynth IP, Cerasynth MN, Dimethicone, GlycerylStearate and Sodium Lauryl Sulphate, Isostearic Acid, Methyl Paraben, Oleyl Alcohol, Propyl Paraben, Propylene Glycol, Floral Bouquet, Polysorbate 80, Squalene, Titanium Dioxide, Urea, Veegum, Water
https://www.drugs.com/otc/104836/mazon-medicated-psoriasis.html
Re: Maija (# 67)
I would like to order one each (1ea.) of all the MAZON products you have. Let me know item prices and total price, tax, and S/H. I live in the USA. My name is Jose A. Mazon. I do not know how else to order these items. I have an AMAZON Visa Card which I can use for payment. Please, respond ASAP!
Yes, I used Amazon Cream I had eczema. I had been going to the doctors to find a cure. I had used one salve after another that was mixed by a pharmacist that only worsened the condition until a friend suggested to use Mazon. We did and could not believe the improvement the following morning. The eczema cleared up.
Then again 20 years later once again eczema this time Mazon did not work, by this time cortisone was available. Now once again eczema has appeared and I wanted to try Mazon. Sorry I don’t have better news for you.
Re: Sandy (# 59)
I used mazon as a child due to eczema. There are times I wish I could get a jar. I do remember a very stinky smell to it. But it sure helped my rash. In reading the articles here, I was surprised to learn it had mercury in it.
I had the same experience. During the 1950s, as a child I suffered from an unsightly and itchy rash affecting the crooks of my elbows, back of my neck and ears, lips, and scalp seemingly resulting from a citrus fruit allergy. My parents took me to many doctors but found nothing continuously effective. A pharmacist at a local drugstore happened to mention Mazon soap and salve to my mother. And voila', my troubles were gone. Then Mazon products "mysteriously" disappeared. I eventually outgrew the rash. However, I have rare minor outbreaks very infrequently. Hopefully, because of this MedsChat, I may be able to find and purchase the products again. O happy possible day!
Re: Debbie (# 10)
Yes, I too thought that I was the only one that remembered it.
Re: Platelady (# 69)
I was born in 1937 and had eczema covering my body from head to toe almost from birth. The only medication that gave me any relief was Mason. I used it continuously until I was about twenty years old and I haven’t had any problems since then. Mason was the only medication that worked. To bad it isn’t available today.
Re: Lynn Harper (# 11)
The orignal Mazon had mercury in it.
Re: Lynn Harper (# 11)
I think it might have been mercury.
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