When my very young daughter got giardia her doctor wanted to avoid Flagyl and prescribed another drug (I believe it started with an M) that killed the giardia. Also, I researched about not treating and found out that it is next to impossible to get rid of totally without treatment because they live so high up in the gut. It often can appear cleared up only to resurface after awhile. Sue Wirth, IBCLC *********************************************** 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