Comments on: Nystatin Versus Diflucan – Autism Antifungal Therapy

By: Carissa

Carissa — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:02:55 +0000

My son has also started a round of Nystatin. He is almost 4yrs old and is about 60lbs. He takes 1 tsp 4x’s a day.
We have noticed a few changes in him….but after reading some of the other comments on here I think that we could be seeing better results. The doctor never told me that I should cut out sugar while using the anti-fungal.
We tried a gluten free diet and saw no changes in him. She did a blood test and said that he had a slight reaction to gluten and casein and to try one, the other or both. We started with gluten had no changes.
Maybe now I will try no sugar and see what kind of results we get!

By: Erika

Erika — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:05:19 +0000

We are doing Nystatin (supposed to be doing it 3 x a day) for my son. My problem is, how do I fit in zinc and probiotics, too? They all seem to need to be taken seperately….

By: janell janicki

janell janicki — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 23:24:58 +0000

Good info on the various anti fungals, thank you. You state that liver enzymes should be tested if using prolonged use of Diflucan. What do you consider prolonged use?

By: Elizabeth Banda

Elizabeth Banda — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 07:13:34 +0000

Yes if you do use the antifungals and still continue with the sugars it will not make much of a difference. Good to hear about your daughter but i am sure the antifungals have helped also because just the diet without antifungals i don’t think it would be that effective.

By: Angela Walde

Angela Walde — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:14:24 +0000

My 6 year old daughter with Aspergers is GFCF and on a limited sugar diet, however, we don’t restrict carbs. After seriously limiting sugar intake her itching subsided drastically. We then started Nystatin and eventually the itching was gone altogether. I’m not sure if it was the Nystatin or the diet or both that alleviated the itching. While on Nystatin we did not see a change in her behaviour but noticed when she had too much sugar her itching started to come back.
She finished a 6 month dose of Nystatin at the end of Aug and started Diflucan the 4th of Sept. Her itching started back up again shortly after starting the Diflucan and is now as bad as it was when we first started to treat it? Also, the last week her beahviour has changed drastically for the worse. She is very hyper and irritable and crying and having tantrums. This is not and never has been normal for her. We did have two big sugar breaches since starting the Diflucan. I’m wondering if this is Die Off or is it a result of stopping the Nystin or is it a reaction to the Diflucan? My DAN doctor says keep her on the Diflucan (we have 14 days left) and give her charcoal, Ibuprofen (3 times a day) and benedryl at night. If it’s die off I want to stick it out but I hate to put her through this. We haven’t done a liver function test in over a year. Should we have done that before starting the Diflucan and should we do one now or wait until we finish the course.
Thanks for any helpful advice.

By: Nancy Taylor

Nancy Taylor — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:43:00 +0000

I have a 17 yr old son he is dual diagnosed with Down Syndrome and Autism, we are starting a treatment for candidas(yeast overgrowth symptoms) with Nystatin and I think that the dr. has prescribed too low of a doseage for him, what doseage would you recommend?
The dr. has prescribed Nystatin oral liquid 100,000 units 1 tsp 3X daily what is the normal doseage for a teenager with Autism that weighs 200lbs.??? I can find that it is a common treatment but no advice about the doseage or duration to use it.

By: Holly L

Holly L — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:47:08 +0000

Our daughter was recovered from autism using diet and live probiotics. We did use all of these anti-fungals and we continue with Nystatin, but it wasn’t until we removed ALL sugars from her diet and started giving her coconut kefir, a live fermented drink, that she fully recovered. We even tried many of the probiotic capsules but they were not as effective as the kefir. I would encourage anyone with an autistic child to get them on a GF/CF low carb diet, remove sugars and drink coconut kefir!