Nystatin Dosage

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Summer3

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Posted 1/10/2012 6:33 PM (GMT -5)

Does anyone have any experience with dosing this medicine?

Post Edited (Summer3) : 1/27/2012 8:38:53 PM (GMT-7)

achievinggrace

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Posted 1/10/2012 6:44 PM (GMT -5)

Hi Summer,

So your doctor is telling you to take

2 Tablespoons 2 times per day which is a total of 6 teaspoons.

Your pharmacist is telling you to take

2 teaspoons 4 times per day which is a total of 8 teaspoons.

So your pharmacist is actually telling you to take more than your doctor.

If the problem is with taking 2Tablespoons at a time, you could divide your dose into 2 teaspoons three times a day and follow both the pharmacist's and the doctor's recommendations.

Summer3

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Posted 1/10/2012 7:20 PM (GMT -5)

Hmmm, this is confusing to me. lol

Two tablespoons two times per day is (12 teaspoons).

The pharmacy is saying 2 teaspoons 4 times per day (8 teaspoons).

So it would be a difference of 4 teaspoons per day. It would also mean that I would be ingesting 6 teaspoons at a time (2x per day) instead of 2 teaspoons.

I don't know if this is a medicine you can overdose on or if it goes by weight, seriousness etc.

bucci

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Posted 1/10/2012 7:52 PM (GMT -5)

I just take a swig and move it around my mouth. I never measured it. lol

It's pretty good stuff.

achievinggrace

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Posted 1/10/2012 8:04 PM (GMT -5)

Oh goodness Summer!

Did I have a total brain fart moment, or what??!!!

I do know that sometimes Lyme doctors do things a little off label, but you should do what makes you comfortable.

If the lower recommended dose does the trick that would the best thing, right?

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