Guest guest Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 Hi M's Mom; *I'm no expert*, but I'm pretty sure there's nothing wrong with a prolonged course of diflucan treatment (even the 25 days you mentioned) if there has been bloodwork to confirm liver enzymes aren't elevated, and your doc continues to follow-up on liver enzyme levels. Having said that, my daughter has been taking antifungals for aprox 1 year. We DO alternate antifungals (diflucan, nystatin, amphotericin because she has slightly elevated liver enzymes - but they were elevated before biomed treatment started. We do blood draws every 4-6 weeks to ensure her liver is o.k Hope this helps some - Kim :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 When people speak of rotating antifungals, I believe they are speaking of the "natural" ones like OLE, GSE, Oil of Oregano, etc. I don't think this applies to Rx's like Diflucan. I think it's fine to stay on the Diflucan for a one month period or even longer. Sheryl Diflucan Just Bumping this up.Please anyone who can reply.Many thks.M's MomHello Everyone,I had a question on Diflucan. I have heard that yeast fighters should be rotated so that the body does not get used to it.Now if my child were to go on Valtrex and we use diflucan , should'nt we rotate diflucan w/ something else ? Is it ok to use Diflucan sayat a stretch for 20-25 days along w/ Valtrex.Any input is appreciated.Rgds,M's Mom--- End forwarded message --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 When people speak of rotating antifungals, I believe they are speaking of the "natural" ones like OLE, GSE, Oil of Oregano, etc. I don't think this applies to Rx's like Diflucan. I think it's fine to stay on the Diflucan for a one month period or even longer. Sheryl Diflucan Just Bumping this up.Please anyone who can reply.Many thks.M's MomHello Everyone,I had a question on Diflucan. I have heard that yeast fighters should be rotated so that the body does not get used to it.Now if my child were to go on Valtrex and we use diflucan , should'nt we rotate diflucan w/ something else ? Is it ok to use Diflucan sayat a stretch for 20-25 days along w/ Valtrex.Any input is appreciated.Rgds,M's Mom--- End forwarded message --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 When people speak of rotating antifungals, I believe they are speaking of the "natural" ones like OLE, GSE, Oil of Oregano, etc. I don't think this applies to Rx's like Diflucan. I think it's fine to stay on the Diflucan for a one month period or even longer. Sheryl Diflucan Just Bumping this up.Please anyone who can reply.Many thks.M's MomHello Everyone,I had a question on Diflucan. I have heard that yeast fighters should be rotated so that the body does not get used to it.Now if my child were to go on Valtrex and we use diflucan , should'nt we rotate diflucan w/ something else ? Is it ok to use Diflucan sayat a stretch for 20-25 days along w/ Valtrex.Any input is appreciated.Rgds,M's Mom--- End forwarded message --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 my son used to be on valtrex and diflucan, valtrex and lamisil, valtrex and nizoral. bottom line: the rx antifungals didn't help him much cause of the constip issues. the intestine always had plenty of food in it. vicki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 my son used to be on valtrex and diflucan, valtrex and lamisil, valtrex and nizoral. bottom line: the rx antifungals didn't help him much cause of the constip issues. the intestine always had plenty of food in it. vicki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 It seems that many stay with the same antifungal such as Diflucan for long periods of time. I think that Stan had his son on Valtrex and Diflucan for 9 months. A couple years ago when I worked with Dr. Sid Baker, my daughter had so much yeast in her body he recommended rotating rx antifungals every month mainly because antifungals may work differently for each child. He wanted me to evaluate her behavior to see if one antifungal gave a big WOW affect. I stayed with nystatin and didn't rotate them. Before we started Valtrex our dr. suggested 2 weeks of Nizarol. We saw some positive changes from the Nizarol. I may keep her on Nizarol for a month and then switch to Diflucan to see if there are any behavior changes. Hope this helps. --------- Diflucan Just Bumping this up.Please anyone who can reply.Many thks.M's MomHello Everyone,I had a question on Diflucan. I have heard that yeast fighters should be rotated so that the body does not get used to it.Now if my child were to go on Valtrex and we use diflucan , should'nt we rotate diflucan w/ something else ? Is it ok to use Diflucan sayat a stretch for 20-25 days along w/ Valtrex.Any input is appreciated.Rgds,M's Mom--- End forwarded message --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 Mm's mom and others, from what I recall Stan has been saying he believes that Diflucan may be doing more than just fighting yeast. Of course I can't speak for him (and don't remember details) but watch this space for when he is back. Natasa > > Hello Everyone, > > I had a question on Diflucan. I have heard that yeast > fighters should be rotated so that the body does not get used to it. > > Now if my child were to go on Valtrex and we use diflucan , should'nt > we rotate diflucan w/ something else ? Is it ok to use Diflucan say > at a stretch for 20-25 days along w/ Valtrex. > > Any input is appreciated. > > Rgds, > > M's Mom > > --- End forwarded message --- > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 Mm's mom and others, from what I recall Stan has been saying he believes that Diflucan may be doing more than just fighting yeast. Of course I can't speak for him (and don't remember details) but watch this space for when he is back. Natasa > > Hello Everyone, > > I had a question on Diflucan. I have heard that yeast > fighters should be rotated so that the body does not get used to it. > > Now if my child were to go on Valtrex and we use diflucan , should'nt > we rotate diflucan w/ something else ? Is it ok to use Diflucan say > at a stretch for 20-25 days along w/ Valtrex. > > Any input is appreciated. > > Rgds, > > M's Mom > > --- End forwarded message --- > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 7, 2006 Report Share Posted May 7, 2006 Hi..I am a lurker. Our DAN wants us to try valtrex maybe next month. I've been following this thread about Diflucan as it really interests me. Meg has been on Diflucan/liquid for 2 weeks on, off, and now on again. We are to stop and do a blood/check liver before doing anymore. We have never used Diflucan like this and the difference is wonderful! I am wondering what is causing it as it does not seem just yeast. I think nystatin is only for gut and diflucan is a CNS target so could it be that it is doing a dual job there? > > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > I had a question on Diflucan. I have heard that yeast > > fighters should be rotated so that the body does not get used to it. > > > > Now if my child were to go on Valtrex and we use diflucan , should'nt > > we rotate diflucan w/ something else ? Is it ok to use Diflucan say > > at a stretch for 20-25 days along w/ Valtrex. > > > > Any input is appreciated. > > > > Rgds, > > > > M's Mom > > > > --- End forwarded message --- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 7, 2006 Report Share Posted May 7, 2006 Hi..I am a lurker. Our DAN wants us to try valtrex maybe next month. I've been following this thread about Diflucan as it really interests me. Meg has been on Diflucan/liquid for 2 weeks on, off, and now on again. We are to stop and do a blood/check liver before doing anymore. We have never used Diflucan like this and the difference is wonderful! I am wondering what is causing it as it does not seem just yeast. I think nystatin is only for gut and diflucan is a CNS target so could it be that it is doing a dual job there? > > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > I had a question on Diflucan. I have heard that yeast > > fighters should be rotated so that the body does not get used to it. > > > > Now if my child were to go on Valtrex and we use diflucan , should'nt > > we rotate diflucan w/ something else ? Is it ok to use Diflucan say > > at a stretch for 20-25 days along w/ Valtrex. > > > > Any input is appreciated. > > > > Rgds, > > > > M's Mom > > > > --- End forwarded message --- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 No problem. I would try Nizoral then. Glad to see people are tackling fungus along with antiviral therapy. This really seems to better your odds. - Stan > > My son's stool/yeast test came back certainly positive, but it also said he is resistant to diflucan. Has anyone else had this problem? It seems to be the yeast fighter of choice when using valtrex, but I'm wondering if we will have problems since this doesn't appear to be a weapon we will be able to use. > Beth > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 No problem. I would try Nizoral then. Glad to see people are tackling fungus along with antiviral therapy. This really seems to better your odds. - Stan > > My son's stool/yeast test came back certainly positive, but it also said he is resistant to diflucan. Has anyone else had this problem? It seems to be the yeast fighter of choice when using valtrex, but I'm wondering if we will have problems since this doesn't appear to be a weapon we will be able to use. > Beth > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 Have many people used this to control yeast our Dan! has recomended this. Although I am slightly hopeful that the culturelle has caused some die off ie a week of irritability and 1 day of sickness lathagy and diareah. dave From: Mum231ASD@...Reply-Autism Treatment To: Autism Treatment Subject: Re: Growth hormone!Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 19:26:16 EDT In a message dated 19/08/2006 00:04:10 GMT Daylight Time, Nevin.Pennybtinternet writes: I have a phone consultation with Dr Heard soon.I have a concern aboutmy son's growth at present.He used to be very high on the scale of thechart but in the last three years his height and weight sharply.Atpresent he is still on the 50 percentile. >>"Something" happened three years ago. Was he poorly? Vaccine? Change of diet? Have you had his thyroid properly checked? If you can figure out what happened they you can look at fixing the underlying problem. Sorry I don;t know anything about growth hormone. Mandi x PS When you check the thyroid you need FREE T3 value as well as the others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 Hi Dave we are using diflucan at the moment for yeast overgrowth and he is doing fine. We last used it in April when we had lots of IV's and he became very stimmy. It took 2 weeks to work last time. We are chelating with DMPS supps which are meant ot be 75% effective ( IV's being 100%). HTH Peta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 Hi Dave Yeast is a huge issue for us. We have tried Diflucan but it didn't work for us (yeast was obviously resistant). However, there were no ill effects and I think it's a fairly " safe " drug. BW and hope it works for you Jacqui Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 We love " Differs " in our house. Unfortunately you will pay through the nose for it if you can't get your Doctor to prescribe it (and you'll need a good story unless he's pro biomed, because there's a warning that young kids can get liver-failure from it - although Dr. J McC says she's been using it for long periods of time for years and nothing's ever happened). I think Mandi dug up some research - apparently it does more for our kids than merely kill yeast - whenever we use it with our Son he has an upsurge in his development. We love it in our house but privately its £60 a bottle. We've just started using OLE and we're finding that's really working to keep Yeast at bay, although quite bitter so you have to dilute it a lot, but its a natural yeast killer and anti-viral. Low and slow if you consider it, its quite potent. Cheers, good luck Eileen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 Hi there Our son has very bad candida and we asked our doctor for Diflucan for 4 weeks on the advice of our nutritionist. Very much against her better judgement she has agreed to 1 week's supply. Does anyone have any advice on whether this is enough or if it would be counter productive and what we should follow on with? many thanks Sharon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 Hi My son has a yeast infection at the moment and I tried one weeks difucan about a month ago - it wasn;t enough. I have now had another prescription for 2 weeks which I know alot of Mums (on this forum) have recommended. Nicola Re: Diflucan Hi there Our son has very bad candida and we asked our doctor for Diflucan for 4 weeks on the advice of our nutritionist. Very much against her better judgement she has agreed to 1 week's supply. Does anyone have any advice on whether this is enough or if it would be counter productive and what we should follow on with? many thanks Sharon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 Thank you Nicola - now just have to hope the gp will prescribe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Good luck - I got no where with my GP so I had to pay for it - and it is not cheap but worth it!! Re: Diflucan Thank you Nicola - now just have to hope the gp will prescribe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 where did you buy it from? no luck with the GP!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 In a message dated 22/11/2006 12:20:56 GMT Standard Time, STRUIC1@... writes: where did you buy it from? no luck with the GP!! >>I was watching Jane Elda (?sp) on the Danwebcast last night and she mentioned a study and partiularly said this is the one to take to your doctor who won't Rx antifungals etc, I think it may have been Janochi? If I have time I try and find out for you - can always educate the GP after the event Mandi x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 In a message dated 22/11/2006 12:20:56 GMT Standard Time, STRUIC1@... writes: where did you buy it from? no luck with the GP!! http://www.healthpluspharmacy.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 Thanks so much Mandi - it is an uphill struggle with our gp and that would be so helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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