I have been using Protopic for the last 2 months and I asked my derm. about Elidel the other day when I went to see him. He told me that Protopic and Elidel are the same, only exception is that Elidel is a cream and less greasy.Protopic works okay, still have flare-ups.If you try it, ask for the higher strength which is 1% rather than the .03%.