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I presently have a yeast infection due to finishing a course of antibiotics and I'm used the 3 day suppository over the counter stuff to get rid of it and it came with cream that is supposed to soothy the symptoms. My vulva is always on fire to begin with (due to the Vulvodynia)....what the heck would make this stuff make me worse!! Anyone experience this before? You would think the stuff would help sooth the symptoms!
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Facebook- Ann Stockmeyer Rachinger -
Hi annipie,
I am fine with the Longs Drugs (generic) version of the 7 day Monistat cream. Anything else & I feel like I sat on a fireanthill. I think the 7 day Longs cream is milder than the 1 or 3 day or ovule versions. My bladder doesn't like Diflucan either.
Hope you are feeling better soon, yeast infections are no fun,Kadi
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Current treatments:
-IC diet
-Elavil 50mg at night
-Continuous use birth control pills (4-5 periods/year)
-Heparin/Marcaine/Sodium Bicarb home instills at night 3-4x per week, more often if needed
-Pyridium if needed,
-Pain medicine at bedtime daily, as needed during the day several times per week
-Antibiotic when doing an instillation to prevent UTI
-Colace & SmartFiber to treat chronic constipation from meds, Fleet enema as needed
-Dye Free Benadryl 50 mg at bedtime
-"Your Pace Yoga: Relieving Pelvic Pain" dvd, walking, treadmill at gym
-Managing stress= VERY important!
-Fur therapy: Hugging the cat!
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Thanks for the tip Kadi, I did buy a 3 day version, next time I will get the 7 day version. I didn't even think of that!Facebook- Ann Stockmeyer RachingerComment
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i wont use any OTC creams for yeast ever again. I swear it helped bring on my vulvar problems. I had bacterial vaginosis but thought it was yeast, so i bought the monistat, i only applied a small amount and I flared so badly.
My NP gave my gyconazole(its a prescription) and that did not burn me at all. My yeast is resistant to difflucan so I have to use nazarol oral medication. the best thing ive found to help with yeast is too avoid sugar.
feel better soon.
Lyme disease diagnosed 11/05
vulvar vestibulitis diagnosed 2/06 -worst case she has ever seen..very bad.
IC diagnosed with hydro/cysto- may 17, 2006
Over growth of lactobicilli found 8/07 treating with doxy.
Was able to get my first internal exam evaluation for PFD....wohoo 1/18/07:woohoo:
8/22/07- was able to get my first speculum exam, with pap
Strep D found in bladder with United medical labs May 2006
2 strains of strep in stool culture 9/06
high Strep ASO titre found 10/06
NEW MED
Capsasin cream-once a day for 20min,
BUt wont lie it does burn
About to start valium supositories for PFD
Trigger point injections- oct 07
Current meds:
Neurontin- 100mg at night supposed to work up to 300mg if i can tolerate it
Zanaflex 2mg
IC and low oxalate diet, no sugar diet
Xanax for appointments to help relax me since they cause so much pain
Started PT 3/07, PT has really helped me in ways I never knew that it would
Meds ive tried
Lyrica
Klonopin
Singulair
Claritin
Pyridium
Soma- can barely tolerate half a pill
Atropine cream- didnt seem to work, although i found out I was applying the creams wrong
Estradiol cream
Urelle- caused worse bladder spasm and retention
Various antibiotics for lyme which caused yeast and made the IC and VV worse
waiting for the next chronic illness to pop up
"Did you know?
Every 15 seconds,
a person is
diagnosed with
interstitial cystitis."
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Get a precriptions of diflucan (more than 1 pill ) and take it while you are on antibiotics, it is easire or more manageable to prevent it than to treat a raging yeast infection.
Have you try RePHresh acid gel, you may be able to tolerate it, that along with diflucan can be very effective.Laser cervical surgery after abnormal pap (moderate dysplasia) in 3/2004
UTIs since mid 2004
Recurrent yeast infections since mid 2005
IC dx 3/2006
V V dx 12/2006
Other conditions: IBS, allergies, dry eyes.
Current IC medications:
Elavil (since 12/06) 10 mg;
Cysta Q (since 5/07)
Rephresh acid jel every 3 days
D-mannose, fish oil, Calcium Citrate, Multivitamins & garlic pills (sometimes)
Probiotics Femdophilus or other brands
Gy-Na-Tren for yeast infections (started using it as needed since 2010)
Other Rx:Omeprazole 20mg; benadryl as needed, Restasis
Past Meds and why I stopped them:
Elmiron: March to September 2006: headaches
Lyrica:2 weeks in 2006: headaches
Cystoprotek: from Jan to April 2007: nausea
Femcon Fe (2/07 to 10/07):caused spotting/bleeding
BCP:Loestrin (since Ocotber 2007) to stop spotting for 2 months. V V worse. Stopped the pill in Nov 07.
"Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it"Comment
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For yeast, I always use one Diflucan tablet and a 3-day course of gynelotrimin cream at the same time. I can't stand Monistat, it burns like crazy.Comment
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Mich,
You mean Nizoral right? That is ketoconazol rx. My yeast is also resistant to diflucan but my gynecologist doesn't want to prescribe me oral nizoral/ketokonazol!! b/c he asures oral nizoral/ketoconazone it'll damage my liver.
Did nizoral help you with your chronic yeast?
How long have you been on it?
Did it damage your liver?
I used a compunded supository of ketoconazone but I don't think it helped.
Now my gyno is thinking what I have is a cytolitic infection (an overgrowth of lactobacili) I doubt it, we are waiting for the curlture results....Laser cervical surgery after abnormal pap (moderate dysplasia) in 3/2004
UTIs since mid 2004
Recurrent yeast infections since mid 2005
IC dx 3/2006
V V dx 12/2006
Other conditions: IBS, allergies, dry eyes.
Current IC medications:
Elavil (since 12/06) 10 mg;
Cysta Q (since 5/07)
Rephresh acid jel every 3 days
D-mannose, fish oil, Calcium Citrate, Multivitamins & garlic pills (sometimes)
Probiotics Femdophilus or other brands
Gy-Na-Tren for yeast infections (started using it as needed since 2010)
Other Rx:Omeprazole 20mg; benadryl as needed, Restasis
Past Meds and why I stopped them:
Elmiron: March to September 2006: headaches
Lyrica:2 weeks in 2006: headaches
Cystoprotek: from Jan to April 2007: nausea
Femcon Fe (2/07 to 10/07):caused spotting/bleeding
BCP:Loestrin (since Ocotber 2007) to stop spotting for 2 months. V V worse. Stopped the pill in Nov 07.
"Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it"Comment
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