RE: strawberry flavoring Nystatin

[Guest guest]

I get our nystatin without any dyes or sugars.The pharmacist has to compound it

himself.he told me my son would never take it, he does. The beauty part: my

insurance Tufts PPO (terrible) won't cover it, they will if I use the one with

sugar, but not the one without, the one without is pricey too, over $100 for a

months worth. Can you imagine sugar in a yeast treatment? Come on! Sometimes I

really wonder how stupid these people think we really are! If it were my kid,

return it, and get the 'clean' version, best of luck, Alison M

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From: " emp806 " <emp806@...>

> I got Nystatin today morning. My worry is that it has a strawberry

> flavor and red color. Anyone who has nystatin, help me please. Nystatin

> without flavor and color would be better? Or, is it okay to start this

> I have?

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[Guest guest]

Yes, and probably also contains aluminum as most of them do.

I did not use the prescription because of this reason..the aluminum

and the dyes/colors don't go with my son.

Ask if they can write a script for capsules or have it compounded with

no of those things in it. My understanding is that regular nystatin

does not have all that in it, only the liquid for children, because it

does not taste good. But if one were to get small enough capsules the

child could swallow them.

We had to go use grapefruit seed instead.

>

> I got Nystatin today morning. My worry is that it has a strawberry

> flavor and red color. Anyone who has nystatin, help me please. Nystatin

> without flavor and color would be better? Or, is it okay to start this

> I have?

>

[Guest guest]

We always get our Nystatin compounded to get rid of the sugar, dyes, and

alcohol.

Pamela

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Subject: [ ] strawberry flavoring Nystatin

I got Nystatin today morning. My worry is that it has a strawberry

flavor and red color. Anyone who has nystatin, help me please. Nystatin

without flavor and color would be better? Or, is it okay to start this

I have?