Re: Diflucan dosing and time span

[Guest guest]

This is very interesting because my son is on Diflucan. He's 14 and weighs

about 112 pounds. The doctor only prescribed 1 ML twice a day for him.

After reading your posts, this doesn't sound nearly enough to be effective.

He's also been very aggressive at home lately with his little brother and

me. (He's not this way at school at all or with anyone else. In fact, his

teachers are telling me how wonderfully he is doing at school this year.) Does

anyone have any suggestions why or what to do about the aggression? (He's

normally the sweetest kid in the world and only flares his temper for specific

reasons. Lately he's just trying to provoke all the time.)

Any help is appreciated!!!

Carla

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your reply . How long do you give it to him?

<pegapud@...> wrote: We are on 4ml once a day for my 27 lb

son. So that actually sounds

about right for your son. Results seem to vary widely on Diflucan.

For us it has been great. Works even a little better than GSE, and no

side effects that I can determine. Even his mood has stabilized. We

are very happy with it. And yes I questioned the once-a-day Rx as

well, but it seems to work. Try giving on a somewhat empty stomach,

that sometimes increases effectiveness.

>

> Hi There,

>

> Can someone please offer some advice. I want to make sure my DAN is

> perscribing the correct dosage and time span for taking Diflucan. My

> son is 5 and weighs 40 lbs. My DAN perscribed 7ml of Diflucan daily

> for 2 weeks. This doesn't sound right to me.

>

> Am I suppose to have my son take smaller doses like 1ml daily or every

> other day on an on-going basis. I think I read that on a post

> somewhere. He's been acting very silly lately and laughing alot so I

> know he needs it.

>

> Any advice would be appreciated.

> Nadia

>

[Guest guest]

Gosh, my daughter is only on 2.5 ml once a day and she is 50 lbs..

IS this does not enough to be effective??

Bethany

> >

> > Hi There,

> >

> > Can someone please offer some advice. I want to make sure my

DAN is

> > perscribing the correct dosage and time span for taking

Diflucan. My

> > son is 5 and weighs 40 lbs. My DAN perscribed 7ml of Diflucan

daily

> > for 2 weeks. This doesn't sound right to me.

> >

> > Am I suppose to have my son take smaller doses like 1ml daily or

every

> > other day on an on-going basis. I think I read that on a post

> > somewhere. He's been acting very silly lately and laughing alot

so I

> > know he needs it.

> >

> > Any advice would be appreciated.

> > Nadia

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Check the suspension, how many mg/ml does it say? Mine is 40 mg/ml.

Otherwise I'm not sure on this, that does seem pretty low.

My ds is very aggressive and short-fused almost all the time, and I've

been told it can be lots of things (bacteria, yeast, testosterone,

among other things). I've noticed that this has improved a good bit

on Diflucan so the yeast may be playing some part. But I've also read

that Diflucan has testosterone-lowering qualities.

>

> This is very interesting because my son is on Diflucan. He's 14 and

weighs

> about 112 pounds. The doctor only prescribed 1 ML twice a day for

him.

> After reading your posts, this doesn't sound nearly enough to be

effective.

>

> He's also been very aggressive at home lately with his little

brother and

> me. (He's not this way at school at all or with anyone else. In

fact, his

> teachers are telling me how wonderfully he is doing at school this

year.) Does

> anyone have any suggestions why or what to do about the aggression?

(He's

> normally the sweetest kid in the world and only flares his temper

for specific

> reasons. Lately he's just trying to provoke all the time.)

>

> Any help is appreciated!!!

>

> Carla

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

First we did a two week trial, but the yeast jumped right back on

board afterwards. So basically we are on Diflucan for the foreseeable

future. My doc's ASD kiddo was on it for a year with no problems, it

is usually pretty safe. But we'll be checking liver/kidney/CBC every

couple months anyway, with all the interventions we're doing!

We are on 4ml once a day for my

27 lb son. So that actually sounds

> about right for your son. Results seem to vary widely on Diflucan.

> For us it has been great. Works even a little better than GSE, and no

> side effects that I can determine. Even his mood has stabilized. We

> are very happy with it. And yes I questioned the once-a-day Rx as

> well, but it seems to work. Try giving on a somewhat empty stomach,

> that sometimes increases effectiveness.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

>

> This is very interesting because my son is on Diflucan. He's 14 and

weighs

> about 112 pounds. The doctor only prescribed 1 ML twice a day for

him.

> After reading your posts, this doesn't sound nearly enough to be

effective.

Depends on the concentration. Is it controlling the yeast?

>>Lately he's just trying to provoke all the time.)

This was my #2 when I gave him EFAs before I addressed mitochondrial

issues and amino acid issues.

Dana

[Guest guest]

Dana,

Do you have more info on the EFAs and Mitochondrial issues? I'm not sure

what that is.

(I appreciate your input!!) Thank you!

Carla

>

> This is very interesting because my son is on Diflucan. He's 14 and

weighs

> about 112 pounds. The doctor only prescribed 1 ML twice a day for

him.

> After reading your posts, this doesn't sound nearly enough to be

effective.

Depends on the concentration. Is it controlling the yeast?

>>Lately he's just trying to provoke all the time.)

This was my #2 when I gave him EFAs before I addressed mitochondrial

issues and amino acid issues.

Dana

[Guest guest]

It says it's 50 mg in 1 mL and it is the compounded liquid because he won't

swallow pills. He was taking this twice a day for about three weeks. Now

we're out and I'm trying to get a stool sample so we can run a test to see if

he still has yeast. I'm assuming he still will because I don't think that was

long enough...but I don't know?? I guess we'll see.

Carla

In a message dated 11/8/2006 7:00:59 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,

j_kalis@... writes:

My 34 lb. daughter is taking 120mg. per day, which I think is a high

dose. 1 mL sounds way too low, but it does depend on the

concentration. Do you know how many mg's are in each dose? When I

have been prescribed Diflucan it usually comes in either a 100mg or

150 mg. pill. When my kids have taken it compounded into liquid

they were taking 5mL, which was 50 mg. Again, it depends on the

concentration. What does the label say?

[Guest guest]

My 34 lb. daughter is taking 120mg. per day, which I think is a high

dose. 1 mL sounds way too low, but it does depend on the

concentration. Do you know how many mg's are in each dose? When I

have been prescribed Diflucan it usually comes in either a 100mg or

150 mg. pill. When my kids have taken it compounded into liquid

they were taking 5mL, which was 50 mg. Again, it depends on the

concentration. What does the label say?

> >

> > This is very interesting because my son is on Diflucan. He's 14

and

> weighs

> > about 112 pounds. The doctor only prescribed 1 ML twice a day

for

> him.

> > After reading your posts, this doesn't sound nearly enough to be

> effective.

>

>

> Depends on the concentration. Is it controlling the yeast?

>

>

> >>Lately he's just trying to provoke all the time.)

>

>

> This was my #2 when I gave him EFAs before I addressed

mitochondrial

> issues and amino acid issues.

>

> Dana

>

[Guest guest]

> Dana,

> Do you have more info on the EFAs and Mitochondrial issues? I'm not

sure

> what that is.

I wrote about it here

http://www.danasview.net/mar05.htm

Dana