My cure for poison ivy...  

wow thats pretty cool I get poison ivy every year my backyard is full of it. I will have to get some fast orange. I had a huge fire pit last year and burnt the poision ivy, NOT A GOOD IDEA. My husband and I got poison ivy everywhere it was horrible! We used calmon lotion it works but takes a few days. Lucky we have no scaring or anything. Well thanks I will be getting some fast orange..

Just thinking about poison ivy makes me cringe. Every couple of days I have to take a medication that has the unfortunate side effect of making me itch. I hate that! I had been taking Benadryl because it helped, and it also helped my allergies. So it was killing two birds with one stone. But it seems to have lost its effectiveness on me, perhaps because my system has gotten used to it. So having to try to get rid of poison ivy or poison oak would be awful.

I am just so allergic to poison oak and poison ivy. I can get sick just by being around it. I have some in the backyard and so I hate to cut the grass. If i touch poison ivy or poison oak my eyes swell, face swells, etc. Benadryl does help for me, as does frequent washing to wash off the hystamine.

Hey carmel! I am so glad that you finally found a "cure" for
your poison ivy finally! I don't know what this stuff is that
you finally did get to work, but I am sure glad that you found
it! I have never had poison ivy and hope that I never do, but
if I do I will remember who to call!

I had tried the product zenfel, I think that's what it's called and it didn't do anything for my beau's poison sumac. He ended up getting a yeast infection on the skin from it. He kept scrubbing it though, like it was magically going to disappear. He then put alcohol on the raw skin, setting it on fire (not literally but you get the picture). We tried everything and the only thing that I found that kills the oils is darn near a whole bottle of dawn because it takes the oils out right away. The other thing is vinegar. I use it with everything and it does a great job at it. I will have to try the fast orange now that you say something. We have poison ivy right by our house where the neighbor lives. If she doesn't get it taken care of then we might...with some round-up, which will kill off her bushes like they did years before. Thanks for the tip! Very helpful!!

I am not personally allergic to poison ivy but both my father and husband are badly allergic to it. (luckily seems our kids take after me). They rub down with white vinegar anytime they even think they might have touched it. The acid breaks down the poison and dissipates it's oils. The sorts smell like a salad after wards but it always works. Now my hubby will end up in the hospital if he gets it for allergy shots and steroid shots so we are careful but by doing this he has not had an issue in years.