Guest guest Posted March 27, 2001 Report Share Posted March 27, 2001 My doctor won't let me take any other antifungals other than nystatin and diflucan. Lamisil Hi,Have any of you been on a cycle of Lamisil? If so how long did you take it and was it effective for you? Did you get the yeast back as soon as you came off of it?KristiSend blank message to candidiasis-unsubscribeonelist if you want to UNSUBSCRIBE ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2004 Report Share Posted June 20, 2004 Hi Tammy, I'm unfortunately very familiar with the symptoms you're describing because my younger son has been like that many, many times, especially prior to treatment. The behavior's always returned as part of his OCD and usually in a milder form when we tried to increase the SSRI's beyond the smaller doses or tried a few meds that were obviously not right for him. I don't remember him having that type of response to lamisil, but neither of my children did as well with that particular med. My younger son had that type of extreme behavior both times we tried to switch him to AmpB. It wasn't die-off because the symptoms didn't get any better. It's really hard for some people to believe that behavior like that is being triggered by something rather than being behavioral. Those of us who have experienced it many times have no doubts in our mind. You didn't mention how long he's been on the med. Is there any chance he's going through some major yeast killing and that's what you're seeing? We usually saw a worsening of symptoms that we'd already experienced.........but anything is possible. Cheryl ----Original Message Follows---- From: TAMMY <tammyblanchette2002@...> Reply- nids Subject: Lamisil Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 22:09:31 -0400 (EDT) Hi fellow nids supporters, I would like to inquire if any one has used lamisil , and if their child became aggressive, thowing things., yelling, biting, hitting, being very non compliant. I am very worried because my son is a very happy, gentle little guy, but now he has turned into the tazmanian devil. I would greatly appreciate any input. Thank you Tammy Blanchette Cudahy Ontario, Canada _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2004 Report Share Posted June 20, 2004 My son has been on Lamisil for almost 6 months now without any negative side effects. Assuming you've ruled out that this is a die-off sort of thing, have you checked with the pharmacy to see what fillers are in the drug? Sometimes kids can react to fillers. On the other hand, drugs themselves sometimes don't agree with kids. My son absolutely cannot tolerate diflucan no matter what form it is in. Gaylen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2004 Report Share Posted June 20, 2004 In a message dated 6/20/2004 10:09:15 AM Central Standard Time, tammyblanchette2002@... writes: He has been on it since may 13th, Dr. G keeps telling me to continue and update. This sounds very similar to what we went through with Diflucan. Six weeks into regressive nightmare and Dr. G kept looking for other reasons Curt was doing poorly even though this same thing had happened to Curt several years ago on Diflucan. I finally had to put my foot down and stop it. Within one week, Curt was totally back to normal. Gaylen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2004 Report Share Posted June 20, 2004 Hi Cheryl, He has been on it since may 13th, Dr. G keeps telling me to continue and update. He had diminished his antivirals to 1/2 the dosage and then he caught a bad flu which lasted 2 weeks then he got scarlet fever and strep throat. Since then he put his antivirals back up. I " m really discouraged because my son is usually so passive and happy and he has never been sick. Cheryl B <clbro66@...> wrote: Hi Tammy, I'm unfortunately very familiar with the symptoms you're describing because my younger son has been like that many, many times, especially prior to treatment. The behavior's always returned as part of his OCD and usually in a milder form when we tried to increase the SSRI's beyond the smaller doses or tried a few meds that were obviously not right for him. I don't remember him having that type of response to lamisil, but neither of my children did as well with that particular med. My younger son had that type of extreme behavior both times we tried to switch him to AmpB. It wasn't die-off because the symptoms didn't get any better. It's really hard for some people to believe that behavior like that is being triggered by something rather than being behavioral. Those of us who have experienced it many times have no doubts in our mind. You didn't mention how long he's been on the med. Is there any chance he's going through some major yeast killing and that's what you're seeing? We usually saw a worsening of symptoms that we'd already experienced.........but anything is possible. Cheryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2004 Report Share Posted June 20, 2004 ----Original Message Follows---- From: TAMMY <tammyblanchette2002@...> Hi Cheryl, >He has been on it since may 13th, Dr. G keeps telling me to continue and >update. He had diminished his antivirals to 1/2 the dosage and then he >caught a bad flu which lasted 2 weeks then he got scarlet fever and strep >throat. Since then he put his antivirals back up. I " m really discouraged > >because my son is usually so passive and happy and he has never been >sick. Yikes! With all of that happening close together it may take a little while to figure out. The problems may have nothing to do with the med. With the behaviors you described appearing, I'd be suspicious that scarlet fever isn't the only problem that developed from the strep infection. When my son began acting like that the behaviors were the biggest concern but he also developed many other symptoms that are considered fairly unique, but common in children with PANDAS. Cheryl Streptococcal infections are ubiquitous in childhood, however, neuropsychiatric disorders are not, suggesting that only certain individuals are predisposed to develop the PANDAS phenotype. Vulnerable individuals may have a genetic predisposition to developing neurotransmitter dysfunction or to formation of antistreptococcal antibodies that cross-react with neuronal proteins, or may have a form of immune dysregulation, or both. snip> The children's symptom onset was acute and dramatic, typically triggered by GABHS infections at a very early age (mean=6.3 years, SD=2.7, for tics; mean=7.4 years, SD=2.7, for OCD). The PANDAS clinical course was characterized by a relapsing-remitting symptom pattern with significant psychiatric comorbidity accompanying the exacerbations; emotional lability, separation anxiety, nighttime fears and bedtime rituals, cognitive deficits, oppositional behaviors, and motoric hyperactivity were particularly common. Symptom onset was triggered by GABHS infection for 22 (44%) of the children and by pharyngitis (no throat culture obtained) for 14 others (28%). Among the 50 children, there were 144 separate episodes of symptom exacerbation; 45 (31%) were associated with documented GABHS infection, 60 (42%) with symptoms of pharyngitis or upper respiratory infection (no throat culture obtained), and six (4%) with GABHS exposure. http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/reprint/155/2/264?ijkey=6ad660299a59e2a41727\ fd0f1b2cf75e10f619cd If this link works....it lists some of the more common symtoms. http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/155/2/264/T5 _________________________________________________________________ From ‘will you?’ to ‘I do,’ MSN Life Events is your resource for Getting Married. http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=married Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2004 Report Share Posted June 20, 2004 In a message dated 6/20/2004 9:30:42 PM Central Standard Time, beckeric@... writes: <<When your son did poorly on the Diflucan, did you have problems with his stools and/or eczema?>> No -- mostly his ability to focus and concentrate and keep his eyes focused and working together disappeared. He also lost nearly all of the higher order thinking skills and his ability to follow conversations. It took almost two weeks to get back to normal once the diflucan was stopped but all progress did finally return. << What antifungal does your son do well on? >> He's done ok on ketaconazole (generic for Nizoral) and Lamisil, though we've never seen clear progress on an antifungal or decline when off. <<Did you ever figure out what filler or ingredient in the Diflucan affected him? We have ours compounded w/o dye, but that doesn't seem to make any difference.>> I think it's the diflucan itself he can't tolerate because we've tried it compounded without dye and two different fillers, one of which he's used several times but never reacted to. Gaylen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2004 Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 He is on his 7th day of antibiotic (novo rythro)125mg 3x a day for 10 days ======== mclaughlin <cynthia_mclaughlin@...> wrote: >>> then he got scarlet fever and strep throat <<< ----- Dear Tammy: How long of a course of antibiotics and what kind was your son on for the scarlet fever and strep? How long ago did the scarlet fever and strep occur and how long did they both last? ~~Cyn (who has had scarlet fever...) ````````````````````````````````````` Responsibility for the content of this message lies strictly with the original author(s), and is not necessarily endorsed by or the opinion of the Research Institute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2004 Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 Gaylen, When your son did poorly on the Diflucan, did you have problems with his stools and/or eczema? 's stools have gone slowly downhill and we've had all kinds of mystery skin problems since we started Diflucan a few mos. ago. No behavior probs, thank God. His stools are getting more and more gassy and light in color, though his labs are normal for his liver. Dr. G. keeps insisting it's diet tho I know that isn't the problem. What antifungal does your son do well on? Did you ever figure out what filler or ingredient in the Diflucan affected him? We have ours compounded w/o dye, but that doesn't seem to make any difference. He did well on Nizoral and we're due to try Lamisil soon. Becky Re: Lamisil > In a message dated 6/20/2004 10:09:15 AM Central Standard Time, > tammyblanchette2002@... writes: > He has been on it since may 13th, Dr. G keeps telling me to continue and > update. > This sounds very similar to what we went through with Diflucan. Six weeks > into regressive nightmare and Dr. G kept looking for other reasons Curt was > doing poorly even though this same thing had happened to Curt several years ago on > Diflucan. I finally had to put my foot down and stop it. Within one week, > Curt was totally back to normal. > Gaylen > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2004 Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 > He is on his 7th day of antibiotic (novo rythro)125mg 3x a day for 10 days > > Tammy, When did your sons behavior change the most? Has it gotten worse recently, or has it been like this ever since you switched to lamisil? Looking at the timing of the changes might help when trying to sort this all out. Try not to get discouraged. (I know....easier said than done) I quit this once when we were about six months into treatment. My sons behavior was really off and it wasn't during an OCD flair. The second time around I saw the same initial improvements, then worsening behavior when an infection triggered off his OCD. He was eventually put on antibiotics with some improvement but something was still off. To make a long story short....I finally realized that during the time we were having other problems we'd also increased the same SSRI, to the same dose he was on when I quit the first time. As soon as we reduced the dose it was obvious we'd found the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 > > Dr. gave me lamisil to take for candida but my afraid to take it. +++Hi There. Are you new? If you are, welcome to our group. What is your name? If you have nail fungus, it would be what doctors perscribe for it. However nail fungus means you have candida throughout your body, and the only way to cure it is to follow this program (diet plus supplements). That is because candida/fungus is only cured by building up your immune system. Other treatments may appear to help, but you would still have candida overgrowth. There are other natural treatments you can use on your nails instead of lamisil. I recommend you read How to Successfully Overcome Candida and Curing Candida, How to Get Started: http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/candida/index.php Then you'll understand why treating any specific area doesn't help. Please get back to us after you read for help and support. The best in health, Bee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Is that an OTC drug now? I know that topically it is. Barth www.presenting.net/sbs/sbs.html SUBMIT YOUR DOCTOR: www.presenting.net/sbs/molddoctors.html --- T> Can someone please tell me what the standard dosage is for Lamisil for mold exposure? I have searched for what seems to be hours and cant seem to find that information anywhere. T> Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Thank you photoguy, thats the answer I was looking for > > This is what my doctor wrote for me: > > Terbinafine (generic lamisil)250mg tab > take two tablets by mouth everyday > Qty 90 pills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Hi Dave, Here is the link to the Lamisil manufacturer's prescribing information. You can see that the 250mg daily dosage, is for toenail and fingernail fungal infections. The dosage period is given as " 6 weeks " . If you intend to continue taking it for a longer period of time, you should have blood tests for liver function, and kidney function. http://www.pharma.us.novartis.com/product/pi/pdf/Lamisil_tablets.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Do Not Use! Oral Itraconazole (SPORANOX) or Terbinafine (LAMISIL) for Fungal Nail Infections http://www.citizen.org/documents%5Cwp701.pdf Terbinafine (LAMISIL) Through April 2001, the FDA has reviewed 16 possible terbinafine associated cases of liver failure, including 11 deaths and two patients who underwent liver transplants. Among those who died of liver failure was a 36 year old male. In addition, there were at least 20 hospitalizations associated with the use of the drug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 KC - When I was so sick from aspergillosis, the " then-current " antifungal was amphotericin B, which was administered as an " inpatient " - that was not satisfactory for me. I went online (in French) and looked for something else. The something else, was Lamisil. And it was used for bone marrow transplantees and AIDS patients, successfully because they have a high 50-95% - death rate from aspergillus infections, and are not so successful with the amphotericin B. These patients who often die post treatment. It is very sad to be so sick from cancer or AIDS and have such radical treatment, and die from a mold infection. Lamisil was helpful to me, more than once, and I have taken it " pulsed " and on the 3 month " plan. " Because I am not a doc, I don't have all the " ins and outs " of a pharmaceutical protocol. I cannot emphasize how important it is not to drink, as this is processed in the liver. It has a long " half-life " which means it stays in your system a long time. It is better than nothing, and better than most drugs on the market. JMHO > > Do Not Use! > Oral Itraconazole (SPORANOX) or Terbinafine > (LAMISIL) for Fungal Nail Infections > > http://www.citizen.org/documents%5Cwp701.pdf > > > Terbinafine (LAMISIL) > Through April 2001, the FDA has > reviewed 16 possible terbinafine > associated cases of liver failure, > including 11 deaths and two patients > who underwent liver transplants. > Among those who died of > liver failure was a 36 year old male. > In addition, there were at least 20 > hospitalizations associated with the > use of the drug. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 all you have to do is google " oral lamisil dosages " . From: Tug <tug_slug@...> Subject: [] Lamisil Date: Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 4:41 PM  Can someone please tell me what the standard dosage is for Lamisil for mold exposure? I have searched for what seems to be hours and cant seem to find that information anywhere. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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