Re: Re: Oral Thrush/Connie

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Thanks, Connie! Gee, I didn't get the Nystatin pills.

My doc has me on a liquid form that I have to swish

and swallow. He said that it can go down into the

esophagus and that is not a good thing. The

swallowing of the liquid is supposed to prevent that.

I would just much prefer the pills. I am not good at

swallowing liquids medicine. I appreciate the

information. Sorry you are once again dealing with

this problem, but it sounds like you know just how to

knock it out! How are you doing otherwise?

Take care and hope your 4th was a good one.

Love, squeek

--- conniehache wrote:

> Hi Sharon :-)

>

> That thrush is nasty stuff. I hope the Nystatin

> starts

> working...soon! Since I'm on long-term antibiotics

> I have a tendancy

> to develop thrush, too. A couple of years ago my

> doctor put me on

> Nystatin (I think it was 4 pills per day....the

> 500,000 unit ones)

> and that seemed to clear it up, along with the

> acidophilus. Now a

> days, just to be on the safe side, I take 2

> Nystatins per day, and my

> acidophilus at bedtime.

>

> Since my hospital visit I have had a re-visit of the

> thrush

> monster...probably due to several factors....the

> burst of pred they

> gave me right after surgery, including IV

> antibiotics right before

> surgery, coupled with not being able to take my

> regular regimen of

> Nystatin and acidophilus for a few days.

>

> To fight it, I upped my Nystatin to the 4 pills per

> day, and made

> sure I took extra acidophilus throughout the day.

> Even on the

> regular dose, Dr. Franco has me taking 4 acidophilus

> capsules per

> day, and these are the kind that are loaded (14

> billion, I think)

> with the little organisms, like the Nutrition Now -

> PB8 brand that

> mentioned. (not all brands of acidophilus

> are effective and

> the better kinds need refridgeration from the time

> of manufacture to

> the time you bring them home from the store....the

> exception seems to

> be the PB8 brand, it doesn't require

> refridgeration.)

>

> You might find some suggestions on Dr. Mercola's

> website at

> www.mercola.com Try typing in " thrush " in the

> search ?

>

> Hope this helps, take care and lots of hugs,

>

> Connie H

>

>

> > > I have been taking acidophilus ever since Connie

> H

> > > told me about it. I take

> > > PB8 from " The Vitamin Shoppe " on line. I have

> not

> > > had a problem since.

> > >

> > > hugs

> > >

> > >

> >

> >

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