In a message dated 5/18/2005 4:27:47 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
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I've  given her Dr. Newman's APNO recipe for the pharmacist to make up, and  I
wonder about Gentian Violet - but have heard that it's not safe to use  and
that it's an 'old fashioned' recipe for thrush? Does anyone know about  this?




I had a personal experience with thrush with my youngest baby  (never had 
thrush before, and don't ever want it again) I tried the Nystatin  etc.  With no 
help.  Baby would heal I would not, baby would get  thrush again.  I consulted 
my LLL leader, and Jack Newman's book "The  Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of 
Answers,"  and with the advice of both, used  the gentian violet (baby's thrush 
GONE in 2 days) and also went to my primary  care doctor for a script for 
Diflucan.  I was met with a lot of resistance  because the dose is quite high, for 
a long period of time, but fortunately I  took the literature with me to the 
doctor office, and  the nurse  practitioner who saw me even reported that "had 
I not had the literature, there  is no way she would have prescribed it"  so 
I told her to photocopy the  literature and to hang it on the bulletin board 
in the break room to "enlighten"  the other doctors.  Anyway, I used the 
Diflucan as directed and have been  rid of thrush for over a year now.  I also used 
Jack Newmans All Purpose  Nipple cream and got immediate relief from the pain 
and itching.  I am  including a link to Jack Newman's site that discusses 
Diflucan (this is his own  site) I hope it goes through, as I am not computer 
savvy enough to put in the  website addy correctly.  Let me know if it doesn't 
help.  When I did  the search all I did was put in "thrush Jack Newman" and it 
popped right  up.  
_Fluconazole |  Dr. Jack Newman's Articles | Information Centre | Mama 
Dearest_ (http://www.mamadearest.ca/en/info/newman/fluconazole.htm)  
 
Also you are right, those nipples looked downright horrific,  poor 
mama....congrats to her for caring enough for her babe to nurse through the  obvious 
discomfort.
 
Renee Drake RN CLC

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