Kathleen writes: > For cases of diagnosed ductal thrush, is my understanding that Diflucan has > to be used until the mother is pain free for one week. This can take up to > 4 weeks or so. This is what Jack Newman MD has told me. If one does not use > it until the mother is pain free for a week, you stand a good chance of > redeveloping symptoms. In our area [York, PA, USA] a single 100mg tablet of Diflucan costs about $10. If the mom has to pay for her prescription out of pocket a 14 day course is $150 - 4 weeks would be almost $300. Just thought you'd want to know... Gail Hertz, MD, IBCLC York, PA, USA *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html