[Topical therapy of pruritus-tips for daily practice]

Pruritus is a common and stressful symptom in medicine with cutaneous manifestation. Therapy remains a challenge for physicians and patients because there are many causes/triggers and approved systemic therapies are lacking. Basically, there are two different options of treatment: topical treatment is selected for every degree of severity, while patients with severe symptoms and chronic disease course have to be treated with systemic and topical options. This article provides a summary of current topical therapeutic options and offers tips for daily practice.