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Snowcat:
Is there anyone who can advise me on whether there are any alternatives in the UK to vaginal nystatin pessaries please?

I have .. azole resistant Candida Krusei which is driving me mad and no doctor seems to know what to prescribe .. the nystatin is no longer available and I don’t know what to do next … GP has given me
Econazole but when I looked it up it said that wouldn’t help at all …

Thank you :-)

Nas:
Fluconazole?

Snowcat:
Sorry Nas - I meant to say, it’s a fluconazole resistant strain which is why the 6 month course I had hasn’t worked …

Nas:
Ah okay,  Damm, that’s a nuisance. Have the medics come
 up with any alternative for you?
Natural yoghurt? Tea tree oil?

Snowcat:
Well that’s the strange thing - the lab report came up with nystatin pessaries but it’s impossible to get them.  They didn’t offer an alternative but my GP suggested Econazole but as far as I can find out it’s resistant to that one too - in fact any of the … azole family. 

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