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Posted 10/7/2015 12:48 PM (GMT 0)
So i'm taking clotrimazole losenges 3x a day for yeast in my throat. I picked up a refill and talked to the pharmacist about what in her mind is the most effective medications for such a condition. I asked her about Nystatin and she said the tablets are basically useless as 80-90% of the medicine gets wiped out in the stomach before getting anywhere. I found this interesting as my doctor and I've heard several others prescribe Nystatin pills along with abx to help control any potential yeast overgrowth.

For my condition she said she thought the best would be using a Nystatin suspension (liquid) form. The powder is also good but messy so why not just use the liquid form. She also said it can take a long time to get rid of yeast anywhere particularly in the throat so lack of or slow progress is not to be confused with ineffectiveness.

Just wanted to pass this along for thoughts, comments, etc.
Posted 10/7/2015 1:19 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks so much for sharing this, Rikky1!

It's very interesting to hear that 80-90% of Nystatin tablets get wiped out in the stomach. Even more interesting to me is to know that there is a liquid form of Nystatin.

I suspect you'll be talking this up with your LLMD and hope you get a change in your prescription.
Posted 10/11/2015 5:28 PM (GMT 0)
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Posted 10/12/2015 12:43 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Rikky, I've got a yeast throat thing going on right now, too, and so very much want to get rid of it. Actually, it STARTED when I did a course of nystatin pills. My understanding is that the nystatin stirred up the major yeast problem in my stomach and made the infection rise up into my throat and mouth. I believe that nystatin pills are prescribed very much to treat yeast problems in the stomach/gut, so it's not a problem per se that it doesn't operate elsewhere (unless your infection is elsewhere and then yeah you'd need Diflucan or another systemic anti-yeast med, or if it's a throat/mouth infection more or a suspension type option that you describe). Many people are wary of the liquid nystatin because it has a lot of sugar in it.. Which is very not good for yeast, lyme, etc. The pure nystatin powder, available compounded only, is the best nystatin option. That said, I can't tolerate any nystatin cause I get too much die-off. I was thinking of trying clotrimazole because I believe it has sorbitol but not so much straight up sugar as the nystatin liquid. Hope this helps!
Posted 10/12/2015 1:25 AM (GMT 0)
Quick update on the clotrimazole losenges I've been taking. I took them for 2 1/2 weeks off abx and now I'm back on them for a week so far so good. I think they're doing the trick though maybe too early to tell. Marigold I would definitely give them a try.
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