what about prescriptions for yeast?

[julia24]

My family doctor also does yeast testing via a blood test. If you have excess yeast, she prescribes something (I haven't asked her specifically what med).

 

I'm curious if there's a driving reason not to take the yeast meds & if they even work. I know that I have a lot of yeast overgrowth based on the saliva test. I also have a loooooong history with antibiotics throughout my childhood & 20s. (Lots of UTIs & kidney infections.)

 

I would like to rid myself of the yeast ASAP. I'm actually pretty angry at the yeast because I think it played a part in my recent miscarriage, so I feel driven to kill it & I definitely want to be as yeast-free as possible before TTC again. I also do really poorly on the yeast elimination diet, especially with the fruit. Oh, and the carbs. Really all of it. I naturally eat the perfect diet to support all this yeast--imagine that! LOL

 

So any experience with this? Any reasons not to take the meds?

[Chemar]

Hi Julie

 

Nystatin is commonly prescribed for yeast although there are others too

 

As with all prescription meds , there are potential allergic responses, digestive distress/pain etc reported for nystatin

 

personally, i would always try a natural alternative first before using a pharmaceutical compound

Doctors prescribe pharmaceuticals because that is how they operate. Most of them are not even aware of the excellent natural products that freqently do a far better job and usually without the side effects

 

NOW brand "Candida Clear" is our choice, and THREELAC is also highly effective. Simultaneous use of MonoLaurin(lauric acid from coconuts) is even more beneficial

[Guest]

Julie,

 

I've heard of Nystatin being used a lot. I've also heard the autism community state how once your on Nystatin it's hard to get off because it contains sugar or something. My doctor gave me a choice of Nystatin, natural, or just probiotics and I choose natural. Diflucan is another one. My family doctor put me on diflucan at one time. I still had and have yeast. I was told by a pharmaicist (one that tries to guide people how to treat things naturally when they have a script for a med-obviously backwards from most pharmacists) that diflucan only makes the situation worse as it opens you up to a fungal infection that's worse than yeast.

 

Carolyn

[Claire]

Interesting about the blood test...do clarify with your doctor whether it is a blood test for candida antiboties (ie allergy to yeast). The candida albicans 'waste products' in urine that the Great Plains OAT test is another diagnostic. Nystatin is supposed to be 'safe', and we used it, but it did nothing for us (first round appeared to help for my son, then it came back even more, though we were mobilizing metals at the time). Diflucan is 'toxic' and out of desparation we tried it for each of us (my son and me) but we both had to stop...I lost my sense of taste for 2 months (scary) and he got horrible stomach pains. We switched to Threelac after a while.

 

Even for Nystatin and Diflucan you must avoid refined carbs and sugars. The only one that claims you don't have to is Threelac. I think Threelac and probiotics help, but we haven't retested. THe Now brand that Chemar recommends does have the most commonly agreed upon anti-fungals.

 

Claire

[evie]

We recently started my son on Diflucan and were giving him tiny amounts at a time beginning with .5 ml daily and upping that by another half a ml each week to a final amount of 3 mg. This past week has been a setback with him, particularly with bedwetting, and last night he had a severe accident - a bout of diarrhea at a wedding (in his suit!!).

 

I spoke with my Dr. and she said that the yeast 'die off' is setting him back, and that we must have been going to quickly or giving him too much with the amount of Diflucan.

 

What's the average dosage that any of you have been treating your children with (he's about 52 lbs).

 

It's interesting that you mention loss of taste - he's been complaining that his food has no taste lately, and he's oversalting EVERYTHING! Is this something that's a side effect of Diflucan in particluar, or is it the bodies reaction to the yeast die off?

 

Thanks!

[Chemar]

Evie

I dont know about Diflucan for candida, but my MIL was given it for a fungal throat infection she got in hospital and it caused a nasty bunch of side effects for her!

[Claire]

Evie,

 

Loss of taste is a specific risk of Diflucan, NOT die-off, and it can be permanent (though not always) My doctor had me STOP IMMEDIATELY once I reported this. I never had a clue how much taste mattered...heck, I eat a normal diet, am very slim and never got too excited about food, but it was HORRIBLE not to be able to taste my food. I was afraid it would never come back, and it took 2 months. (I had taken diflucan for almost 1 month). I had no ability to taste salt, sweet, bitter, etc. I could still tell a corn chip was corn, but no salt. A cookie without sweetness, yuck. I ate more trying to get that 'satisfaction' I missed so much.

 

Please talk to your doctor right away. Also, please google diflucan + taste and you can find the stats somewhere. They say it is uncommon, but it is definitely listed as a risk for diflucan. Not a side affect, but a risk.

 

I can't remember the doses, but it was 1/2 dose for 2 weeks. Again, my son had no die-off, but he had bad pains. I was so desperate to get rid of his yeast at the time that I tried it, but NEVER again. It is so toxic. As you can see I am reacting to your child's potential loss of taste, based on my personal experience.

 

Claire

 

 

We recently started my son on Diflucan and were giving him tiny amounts at a time beginning with .5 ml daily and upping that by another half a ml each week to a final amount of 3 mg. This past week has been a setback with him, particularly with bedwetting, and last night he had a severe accident - a bout of diarrhea at a wedding (in his suit!!).

 

I spoke with my Dr. and she said that the yeast 'die off' is setting him back, and that we must have been going to quickly or giving him too much with the amount of Diflucan.

 

What's the average dosage that any of you have been treating your children with (he's about 52 lbs).

 

It's interesting that you mention loss of taste - he's been complaining that his food has no taste lately, and he's oversalting EVERYTHING! Is this something that's a side effect of Diflucan in particluar, or is it the bodies reaction to the yeast die off?

 

Thanks!

[julia24]

Thanks for all the feedback. It sounds to me like the meds don't work any better or much differently than the natural choices. And I, like many others, don't trust pharmaceutical companies in general, so I think I'll just skip the blood test & the meds, since I know I obviously already have it. I'll probably use the NOW brand Candida Clear.

 

Thanks,

 

-Julie