 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | They told me at the CCC, that I held the record for being on high dose Diflucan (400 mg/day) for the longest time (although AIDS patients have way higher maintnance doses) of any of their H&N patients. I read somwwhere that the maintenance dose for thrush is 50 mg/day but I would double check that with a pharmacist. I tried Nystatin too but that orange flavored crap left a gross taste in my mouth -almost as bad as Boost or Ensure.
It's hard on the liver (I have hep C) so I take Clotrimazole troches now instead.
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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