What are folks doing to treat Candida/yeast?

I do Diflucan a few days at a time...I don't think I have an active infection.
At my first appt, the NP looked at my tongue...and said it looked good. (LOL)

So, I guess I'm taking it prophylactically.


I do oil pulling with coconut oil when I remember. I sometimes add a few drops of tea tree oil in the coconut oil.

Nystatin oral tabs are, unfortunately, a waist of time for many people. Its like throwing snowballs. The powder can be used internally with better results and there are posts on this from a past member. But- supposudly it still wont go into the blood.

Diflucan, treats the whole internal body and blood, its so strong you can herx on it, for many people this is the answer.

Now brand candida support has several herbs in it that help. But herbs are not as strong as RX Diflucan- I tried most of them.

If you have not already- Cut out ALL: sweets, alcohol, bread, pasta, even fruit for a few weeks to see the benefits. Gradually tapering off this food makes candida stronger (I know). Best just to do it 100% and commit for a while.

Post Edited (astroman) : 3/9/2018 7:16:44 PM (GMT-7)

Caprylic acid might help?

No sugar, no fruit, apple cider vinegar, coconut oil/milk and pao d'arco tea (if i need it) has always kept yeast in check for me

The guy on the website fixyourgut.com is very knowledgeable

Lots of good suggestions given. Ozone injections in the mouth near the affected area helped clear something very similar. Coconut is loaded with antifungals. I added Black Raddish which is supposed to kill fungus deep in the intestines which some of the meds cant get to for some reason. Stop feeding it, kill it, and bind it.

Have you tried turmeric?

Although all these herbs listed help to some extent, they are not nearly as potent as Diflucan. I've used everything listed here but Ozone and the powder version of Nystatin.

Every time Candida comes back, its stronger. If it ever becomes a dragged out problem, put down the pea shooters and grab the big ammo (Diflucan). I was reluctant to use it, but glad I finally did. Eventually these herbs listed will no nothing to eliminate candida.

Post Edited (astroman) : 3/12/2018 9:35:25 AM (GMT-6)

Dahlias said...
Adding a related question ... can you just take Diflucan any time, regardless of what else you're taking? I'm supposed to take it as part of my protocol on a heavy abx week, but I forgot. I want to take it now, on an "off" week. Shouldn't be a problem, right?

I took it with ABX and with out. Just separated a few hours.

When in doubt, I look up RX interactions at drugs dot com.

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General Diflucan note: Drs are not RX'ing diflucan at very potent levels here it seems - which is pointless if you hve an obvious internal yeast infection and makes candida stronger. One week at a time is a waist of money and time - yet I see this here. Systemic yeast is not to be taken lightly.

My Dr had me taking it everyday for one month, then every other day for one more month.

I picked up some caprylic acid capsules and took about 1/3 dose on day 1 and didn't seem to have any reaction other than my tummy still feeling crappy. Day two I took 2/3 dose and later in the day I got so much worse with the upset stomach, bloating and gas and reflux symptoms, painful esophagus, etc. Just in misery yesterday and again today. I'm not sure if I'm herxing from candida die-off, which I know can be really bad, or if I just have a really bad case of gastritis at the moment and all the stuff I'm swallowing is making it worse. I've had gastritis and this is what it feels like. I'm not sure if there is a good way to determine what this is on my own.

What I thought was yeast in my mouth I'm not so sure now. Something inflamed my inner cheek near my wisdom teeth. It was red and a bit swollen, and the white matter I saw may have been where I've been biting it during the night. I'm not sure what would cause the inflammation to that area of my mouth. The only things new to my regimen are rifampin (2.5 weeks in) and I seemed to be tolerating it well

The only other thing new is liposomal glutathione, which I read can cause upset stomach for some. I took that for only a couple days before this hit, then stopped it. Maybe it tore my stomach up?

Whatever the cause I skipped my antibiotics (bactrim+rifampin) last night since my stomach was so torn up and not feeling like taking them today. I feel like these were really helping with the bart after only on rifampin a couple weeks, so I'm frustrated at the moment feeling like I can't swallow anything that may irritate my pissed off gut. Not sure how to approach this at the moment, but I'm going to put a call into my LLMD. It may be a day before I hear back, but hoping a few days off the abx won't cause problems. I'd hate it if I could not tolerate the abx anymore and my gut feels like it's going to take some time to recover.

astroman said...

If you have not already- Cut out ALL: sweets, alcohol, bread, pasta, even fruit for a few weeks to see the benefits. Gradually tapering off this food makes candida stronger (I know). Best just to do it 100% and commit for a while.

I'm doing Buhner's herbal protocol and I use powders, capsules, and tinctures. A lot of the herbs are only recommended in tinctures. I'm not on normal doses of most, though. I don't want to stop treatment to avoid alcohol. I don't even know if I have candida, but I feel sure I do. My gut just keeps getting worse. I now have pain or discomfort in my intestines most of the time now. I used to not have that at all. I feel movement (maybe bloating in my intestines). Almost feels like something besides me is eating my food. All this has gotten worse since 7 days of Augmentin back in December. Sometimes I forget my probiotics, but I usually take it or eat some goat kefir.

mudshark said...

Glascis said...
Have you tried turmeric?

No I haven't. Is it good for yeast?

Yes that's what I was told.

My personal anecdotal experience is that it's pretty amazing. I spent 30 days on an extremely aggressive IV abx protocol and didn't suffer from candida - I'm guessing because of the turmeric - I'm not taking anything else that I know of for yeast.