Need help with yeast & bacteria meds!

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Hey there. Well, after 2 long months, we finally got our results back on

's yeast and bacteria levels, and after hounding the office for weeks to

get a nurse to take my call, they actually patched me through to Dr. Rao last

night.

He prescribed Metronidazole, which he wanted us to start right away. He had

call it into our local Walgreens, because I knew we wouldn't be able to

get any further than the corner in all of this snow. Anyway, Mike went out to

pick up the prescriptions (he also prescribed Ketoconazole, which he wants us to

wait a week to start), and when I opened the bag, I saw that they were both

bottles of tablets! Anyway, since I can't talk to anyone at Dr. Rao's office

right now, and the pharmacist was of no help, I'm REALLY hoping that someone can

help me out here. The pharmacist said that the Metronidazole had a bad, metallic

taste, which makes my situation even worse.

does not eat anything pureed, slimy, wet or cold because of his sensory

issues. He refused to eat baby food as an infant. There's no way for me to mix

it in with applesauce, etc., as he just doesn't eat anything like that. He also

only drinks water, so since this has apparently got a bad taste, there will be

no hiding it. The pharmacist mentioned that compounding it would be the only way

to get it in a liquid form, and that our closest compounding Walgreens is about

20 minutes away. Normally, I'd just send Mike out, but not in this weather.

So here are my questions, two for now, one for later. First, should I wait until

we can get these compounded? If not, how would you recommend that we get our non

verbal 2 year old to take them? The prescription is for 1/2 of a tablet 3 times

daily. If you're recommendation is to wait until we can have it compounded, my

next question would be how to make force feeding him liquid medication (which

we'd have to do) less stressful for him and for us. He had strep throat last

week, and was on zithromax for 5 days. We had to hold him down, and even then,

he spit at least half of it out. The last day, he actually gagged to the point

that he threw up the medicine and his dinner all over the place.

Either way, we're screwed with a 3x a day medication (and then another one that

would start in a week), but if ANYONE has any suggestions, I'd totally

appreciate hearing them. I haven't actually seen the results yet, but he said

that his yeast levels were bad, and that his bacteria levels were bad. He

actually briefly mentioned having him go sugar free (to which I have nothing

pleasant to say), and said that would send us some sort of diet or menu or

something, but she never did. I can't even think about more limitations on his

diet right now. (Please, no commentary on diets....I seriously might crack.)

Right now, I just need to figure out how to get any of this medication into his

body.

I'd appreciate ANY suggestions.

Thanks!

Serena