Neosporin + Maximum-Strength Pain Relief Dual Action Cream, First Aid Topical Antibiotic & Analgesic for Wound Care of Minor Cuts, Scrapes & Burns, Polymyxin B & Pramoxine HCl
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I am a huge fan of ointments. I feel okay saying that here, but I know it\'s not something I should use to head off a profile on, say, Tinder or OKCupid. "OINTMENTLOVER69." Nope. Most people can\'t even stand the WORD "ointment." If I recall, "moist" and "ointment" were voted America\'s Least Favorite Words Of The Past 100 Years, or something like that.\n\nANYway, I grew up surrounded by Vaseline, and A&D, and Desitin, and Hydrocortisone, and my very very favorite of all (you can feel it coming, I bet) Vicks Vap-O-Rub, like a beautiful teeny jar of winter night itself. Those products of my overprotected, well-moisturized youth felt reliable and timeless to me, and when I finally acquired a boyfriend, David, in my 20\'s, I discovered that he shared my love of classic unguents, and many a cold Minnesota night the two of us went to bed liberally slathered in mentholating, virus-killing, chap-preventing goo, eventually becoming glued to each other in our sleep, smelling like a nursing home.\n\nIt was...everything I wanted.\n\nThat relationship ended, though, long ago, after we\'d moved first to Columbus, Ohio, and then to Seattle, and I don\'t know if I\'ll ever completely get over it. There\'s so much I miss about David, and there\'s things I find in the world as I go through my life that really only he would appreciate. Like, I wish we could talk about Neosporin Pain Relief Dual Action Ointment -- lying in bed on a lazy Saturday morning, or over pancakes at IHOP, and discuss whether it\'s ACTUALLY relieving pain as it kills germs, or whether there\'s a placebo/power-of-suggestion thing going on, because, seriously, how can it do that?!? It\'s not, like, numbing the way Lidocaine is...and it\'s not a Menthol/Camphor blend like Icy Hot and Tiger Balm...so what the heck special magical ingredient in this Neosporin can be taking away pain from a cut finger or blistered heel?!?!? And yet...it seems to actually happen! It really does!\n\nIf I was still with David, I bet we\'d set up some kind of spontaneous experiment, with one of us putting the Neosporin on a freshly bitten cuticle (me) and the other putting it on a patch of road rash suffered while mountain biking (him) and compare the pain relief and soothing power on different bodily regions and different amounts of nerve endings over time, because we really loved do-it-yourself science like that. Oh --\nonce -- after we\'d both gotten really sunburned while hosting a rummage sale (I know! Sun in Seattle! We were not prepared!), we had a contest to see who could peel off the largest unbroken chunk of skin. And we were so impressed with our skin chunks that we collected them, and saved them in a jar, with the intention that we\'d check on them at regular intervals, to see if they\'d, like, decompose, or get dry and hardened, or...but then we forgot about the jar. And years later, after I\'d moved back to Minneapolis, I found the jar in a box, and our skin was exactly as it had been, mixed together, like it was waiting for someone to rehydrate it, and....\n\nI\'ve digressed.\n\nRegardless of the science results, I bet my boyfriend David and I would both feel that Neosporin Plus seems to really work -- it\'s greasier and less heavy than regular Neosporin, but if I put it on cuts and abrasions at night, they\'re a lot better in the morning. It has no odor, and feels kind of nice.\n\nI\'ve added Neosporin Dual Action to my list of favorite ointments. If only I could apply it to my hurting heart.\n\n(Oh come on. You knew that\'s how this review was going to end. Didn\'t you? You did.)'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Best for pain relief and heals faster than the ointment. I had a terrible wound (nearly cut my finger off in a terrible accident with a knife 😬) and it seemed to be healing really slow, so I decided to try this and wow, after a few days it was significantly better! I'm a few months out from full recovery but trust me, I've tried everything and nothing worked but this. Neosporin certainly doesnt need my review, I'm just so thankful I can even type this review at all."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "This is the best stuff. Once upon a time when I went through Ranger School in the Army, it was recommended that each ranger keep a tube to apply to the smallest cuts or scratches, to keep from getting infections during the training. I recall one guy who didn't and he regretted it. It's the best anti-bacterial. Don't go cheap - get the name brand and you will always know that you've prevented a situation that could easily fester and become worse."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'What can you say about neosporin that hasn’t already been said? This stuff is essential to have. I have a tube in all three of my first aid kits! Try not use use on small or very clean cuts as your bodies bugs will eventually build a tolerance and it will not be as effective as it needs to be.\n\nThat said I use often when I have dirty cuts or scrapes or especially for topical infections. Can’t tell you how many times I have needed this while camping or hunting!\n\nWell worth having a few tubes around for when you need them.\n\nAlways very happy with this product! 😃😃'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'There are many products that you can find, where the generic copies are just as good. It would seem unlikely that antibiotic ointment would have an edge with the brand, but it really does. This is a must have for home, and office, and even keep some in a small duffel, in my car. If you need an antibiotic ointment, and you use this quickly, you will avoid nasty and unnecessary minor infections. I can’t say that the copies don’t work at all, they do, but the consistency, and length they stay on, is not the same. I switch off between the ointment, and the cream, but both are excellent. The versions with the pain relief added are really just personal preference, but I use both, and won’t touch any other types. Stay safe!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2015', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'If you are going to buy an antibiotic cream/ointment, buy this one. It has all three antibiotic ingredients, in the highest concentrations available on the market. AND, ointments have a higher amount of petrolatum in them than creams, and petrolatum helps skin heal very quickly. I have the terrible habit of picking at the cuticles and skin around my fingernails, doing a lot of damage. This has helped me stop because the skin grows back soft and less calloused, making me less prone to being aggravated with the thick skin and thus prone to fiddling with it.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'With the exception of once, I have never veered away from Neosporin for my wound care. That one time was a teachable moment. It was a couple dollars cheaper but it did not work as well.\n\nNeosporin works great and does the job of preventing infections. It also reduces pain and itch as it’s working. The price seems high at first but the one ounce tube does last a long time. I actually keep one on the first floor in my small first aid kit and one on the second floor in my main first aid chest.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I use this when ever I have to pop white heads or if I accidentally scratch a pimple. If you leave this on overnight with a bandaid applied the redness and the swelling will go down. Absolutely awesome if your insecure about your acne.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I use Neosporin almost exclusively. It has always worked for us. Given that, why waiver? This is great for minor and MAJOR wounds. It seems to hasten the healing and keeps the area clean and bacteria free. Always use Neosporin - Always will.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2016', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This is a must have product. . I am new to Neosporin and had some doubts about this initially when I was shopping around for an ointment but I gave it a chance. How have i lived without this product??!!! I have used this multiple times mostly on scrapes and when using this ointment they heal within 3 days . Also , this is my new best friend after a cold with a runny nose; you tend to get a cut nose ( from too friction from blowing your nose ) and look like Rudolph while you experience uncomfortable pain...put some neosporin on that and trust me it will heal and leave no scars . My nose was a severe case ans within two days there was little sign that I had a cut nose . I need to have this especially if you have child. I would recommend this to anyone'}]