 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | When I had thrush a few months ago they gave me these Clitromazole troches to suck on every 5-6 hours or so. I had to take about 60 of them. It did the job. Diflucan works better but its hard on the liver and I have hep C. I could never stand the taste or after taste of Nystatin so I was very happy to pour it down the sink. Besides Diflucan is much more effective. I wouldn't mess around with home remedies - thrush can be fatal if it goes systemic.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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