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Hi, I"m in Australia, but have never had a problem getting it here, although we have to pay quite a bit more. But I just went to order some, and I can't get it anywhere, not here, not in the US where I have family. The only Ilex I can find anywhere in the world is from the manufacturer in the UK in a lot of 20 small tubes! Does anyone know what the deal is with that?

Thank youuuuu!

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Interesting occurrence, we are on vacation, just had call from my credit card co. About a large charge, greater than 500$, on a credit card that I only use for Netflix and I used for Ilex from the company and when I tried to get Ilex from Brivol — there is a post somewhere on here where several people tried to get it, but order was cancelled —me included. The charge was for computer/software stuff, but my credit card co. declined it. Maybe it has nothing to do with this, but please watch your credit cards!!

I've been following this thread and looks like the ilex supply troubles haven't been resolved.  There's still no sign of stock anywhere and a couple of sites I looked at say that the product has been permanently discontinued.

I got my jpouch in 2002 and been using ilex since then.  It's expensive but worth it IMO.

One poster above stated that there's nothing like ilex.  If anyone knows of a comparable product to ilex then please let me know,  you will make my day for sure.

I've not seen or heard anything myself.  I've decided to search for a best alternative.  I've tried 3 other products so far (no standouts yet) and have 4 more products on order.

I'll post my opinions/results in a new thread after my testing is complete, which would be in about two weeks since I live overseas and have to wait for the products to arrive.

In one Amazon review for Coloplast Thick Moisture Barrier Paste, the reviewer said this about the product "...doesn't leave a greasy feeling and it turns into a powder like substance."  What exactly this means I'm not positive but I plan on finding out: I'm waiting to receive this and three other products to try out.

The review is found on this page:

https://www.amazon.com/Critic-...ewerType=all_reviews

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I've been doing some "googling" regarding Ilex and I think the manufacturing and world wide distribution rights were purchased recently by a UK company called OakMed. Prior to that it seems that it was manufactured  and/or distributed in US by a company called MedCon. My guess is there are some unsettled legal issues regarding who owns what and that is contributing or causing the unavailability in the US. The whole thing has sounded fishy from the beginning.

@ElizaB posted:

I've been doing some "googling" regarding Ilex and I think the manufacturing and world wide distribution rights were purchased recently by a UK company called OakMed. Prior to that it seems that it was manufactured  and/or distributed in US by a company called MedCon. My guess is there are some unsettled legal issues regarding who owns what and that is contributing or causing the unavailability in the US. The whole thing has sounded fishy from the beginning.

I do believe your Internet sleuthing is very much on point, except that this says MedCon, as part of the deal, continues on as the distributor of Ilex in the USA:

https://www.ilexhealthproducts.com/pages/our-company

It sounds like a done deal, except I could not find any date attached to this statement.

Of course there could be a dispute or claim by some other entity with respect to North American distribution rights. Maybe even litigation. If you want to do more sleuthing I would check the U.S. District Court database because that's where such a case would be.

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No, I'm still waiting to receive it.  The first site I ordered from (https://www.ciamedical.com/) looked like my order was stuck in processing for over a week and price per tube very high, so I cancelled the order.  I finally was able to order a couple of 4oz tubes from Amazon.co.uk (the UK site).  Tracking says it's due to be delivered to my freight forwarder in Miami, FL on 1-March.  I should get it in-hand about 7-10 days later.

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RE: Proshield Plus Skin Protect: received this today and tried it once so far.    It reminds me of a much thicker Coloplast Critic Care Clear Moisture Barrier Ointment.  It does not dry.  But it's bordering on tacky so I'm thinking I might use it sometimes.  But even so it's nothing like iLex in effectiveness.  Nothing I've tried so far even touches iLex as far as I'm concerned. 

Here's hoping that iLex makes a return in the future.  You'd think with a product like iLex that someone would purchase the rights and start producing it again.  The stuff is like gold IMO.  I'd be willing to pay alot more if it did return.

I wish all of you well out there.  Good luck.

@ken31cay posted:

RE: Proshield Plus Skin Protect: received this today and tried it once so far.    It reminds me of a much thicker Coloplast Critic Care Clear Moisture Barrier Ointment.  It does not dry.  But it's bordering on tacky so I'm thinking I might use it sometimes.  But even so it's nothing like iLex in effectiveness.  Nothing I've tried so far even touches iLex as far as I'm concerned.

Here's hoping that iLex makes a return in the future.  You'd think with a product like iLex that someone would purchase the rights and start producing it again.  The stuff is like gold IMO.  I'd be willing to pay alot more if it did return.

I wish all of you well out there.  Good luck.

yep, still waiting for them to release it.. They havent communicated with anytine in months but the website is still up.. very confusing

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