antibiotics

[crazybikinchic]

Mycelex Troche, Clotrimazole (generic), is another antibiotic for thrush. It is an orally dissintigrating tablet.

[OakLeaf]

Nystatin. That's what shelly was thinking of. It's very safe.

+1 on the probiotics. If you're going to the expense of supplements, get the kind that are kept in the store's fridge, and have an enteric capsule. Otherwise you may as well just eat yogurt.

[KnottedYet]

A friend's baby had thrush, and the pediatrician told them to put a dab of plain yogurt in her mouth (the kind with no pectin or other fillers, just milk and bacteria) every hour or so. I got the impression they were trying to keep her mouth yogurt-y so the bacters could jump on the thrush on-site.

[Bruno28]

I've had oral thrush a few times thanks to steriod treatment for Crohn's. In my experience it's a persistent little bugger of an infection that makes you really miserable so I sympathise.

I found nystatin the most effective treatment. It comes in pastile form which taste of aniseed and made me want to hurl. My preference was for liquid drops which, if I recall taste, of marzipan. Obviously not so good if you don't like marzipan A short course of those seemed to do the trick for me.

Good luck.

[solobiker]

Thanks for the good advice. I was on Nystatin for about a week a few weeks ago and it really didn't do too much. Right now I am cutting back on sugars, eating yogurt and taking acidophilus. Once again thanks for all of your advice.

[Drtgirl]

Weird. My mom has been going through the exact same thing for months. She was told to eat yogurt, which she hates, so she is now trying a probiotic. She also has thrush and doesn't know what do about it.

Let me know if anything works for you- she is just miserable.

[Bruno28]

Honestly solobiker - try the oral drops if you can get them. They cured me of a recurring problem. I think I used them for about two weeks.