nystatin - Dura, Tony

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I have the powder too. That is what I was forgetting and must be the

cause of the immense cost differences between my and Tonys nystatin.

I have yeast on my tongue and it is resistant to nystatin. I have been

doing a million units a day and its not doing anything. I kinda doubt

upping the dose can help as I already have my tongue caked in nystatin

for hours a day.

Cranton has some views on the superiority of the powder which you can

read in his piece. I am not too sure why its better than grinding up

the tabs.

Dura, 50 million units is probably the total amount of your script.

Sounds like about a months supply when using it at the rate I have it

prescribed; however Cranton advises using lots more.

To my mind, its important to treat the mouth fully with nystatin. If

organisms in the mouth are getting exposed to less than organisms in

the GI, they are just going to acquire resistance and then descend the

GI. I recently started doing what Cranton advises which is just put

the powder in your mouth dry (as opposed to dissolving it in liquid

and holding the last swallowful in your mouth). Eating it dry gets it

waaaay more all over your mouth and for a longer time.

As long as this doesnt effect what happens downstream, it seems alot

better this way because the mouth gets really nuked. But that premise

may not be true; if it undergoes any chemical changes in the mouth a

lesser amount might reach the gut this way, or its concentration curve

in the GI may be more drawn out if a bunch of is delayed in the mouth.

I havent checked on these issues.

> A few have been discussing Nystatin amounts and I have a question

about

> that myself.

>

> I have been taking the suspension which is 100,000 units/ml. I take

5

> mls 4 times daily for 2 mil a day.

>

> Yesterday the doc gave me a script for Nystatin powder.It says its

for

> 50 milllion units. Now 50 mil per WHAT?? is my question and thus it

> makes it hard to compare and contrast. Anyone use the powder? What

is

> the unit per.... ? At face value it seems like a stunning change in

> dosage...