Re: a new drug and some alarming side effects

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Nystatin doesn't work for everyone but I can tell you but can help instead. Use

a probiotic (powdered and mixed with a little liquid which can be swished and

swallowed. A nutritionist at a health food store recommended it a few years ago

and it worked well for my Mom the one time she had thrush.

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> The RNs in home health thought my MIL might have a bit of a thrush infection

> in her mouth and asked her doctor for Nystatin rinse. Today the RN came out

> to show me how to administer it. Here it is about an hour and a half later,

> RN has gone and my MIL is not feeling well.

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> She started asking where she was supposed to stand. She thought she was

> outside and a lot of people were outside there too, standing in the rain,

> where is she supposed to stand. Then she cried, " Oh my head hurts " . So I

> think ok, headache is a list of possible side effects with this stuff. I

> talk with her and she seems confused and she TELLS me she's confused, "

> Something's wrong with my head " and then tells me she feels sick to her

> stomach. Eventually I suggested to my mil that the new medicine could be

> making her feel confused and also give her a headache and if she wanted to

> lie down and not eat lunch that's ok. She now she is lying down. I have

> her resting quietly, she seems to be glad to be lying down. But she is also

> clutching her hands together - a sure sign of anxiety. She might be picking

> that up from me too, I'm feeling a bit anxious about whether this will get

> better, etc. I sensed she was near panic earlier and I was sure to be calm

> and reassuring to her and hope it helped and hope it continues to help.

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> I am supposed to give this to her 4 x daily and I don't want to do this

> again at all. I remember having this myself before and it caused me a bad

> headache, dizziness and nausea. But for my MIL the effects are going into

> hallucinations and frightening her and she is behaving like she does not

> know what exactly to trust. She was afraid to eat or drink anything but I

> talked to her and told her these things were ok so then she accepted. When

> she was lying down she broke down into tears telling the caregiver she loves

> her.

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> Has anyone else had experience like this with Nystatin rinse? Any

> suggestions other than let it get out of her system and hope for the best?

> I put a call in to home health and notified them and am waiting for a call

> back.

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> On top of this, her doctor Rx'd a new antibiotic for uti prevention -

> Nirtofuran MCR 50 mg one every night. Well reading the list of side effects

> that comes from the pharmacy, they include: depression, restlessness,

> sleepiness, dizziness, confusion, headache, nausea, mood disorders.. I am

> not inclined to want to try this with my MIL because she is so sensitive to

> things. I'm certainly not going to try it going into a weekend. Any

> thoughts?

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> Thanks a heap. Just another day in crisis management here and waiting to

> see if it will snow up here or not.

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> Dorothy

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