amoxicillin and yeast infection

[jess640]

should i keep taking amoxicillin even if it cause a yeast infection or should i stop and treat the yeast infection

[Paxiled]

And I want to add, for whatever it's worth, that I don't drink tap water personally -- I get spring water delivered in five gallon bottles every month.

[Paxiled]

I guess we could go on about this forever.  The military is overwhelmingly composed of young short term employees who are exposed to toxins the rest of us would sue over -- radiation, chemicals, insecticides, herbicides, bullets -- it's a profession about intentionally taken risks.  People who serve a long time work in places where they drink the same tap water as everyone else.  Unless you have long term studies showing whether these people later in life didn't develop excess thyroid problems, or can show any thyroid studies done by the military, it's really a moot point.  As for Lugol's, the only time I've ever heard of it is from you, so I've never commented on it.  In the natural foods industry, iodine supplementation is always done with seaweed, and that's the way I know it.  So I don't talk about other forms, since I know nothing about them.  My posts were, therefore, and always are, not directed to you or anyone else but the person doing the original post.  I have no idea what conditions that person might suffer from other than that mentioned in the post, so I raise cautions if someone comments without raising them just so It's out there.  I'm very happy it helped you, and I know you are interested in a lot of this stuff, but the people posting don't necessarily share your knowledge.  So my comments here aren't about you since I know you're in good hands; it's about the person posting.  A medication I was not warned about destroyed my life, and others have destroyed their lives taking medications or natural remedies in a dangerous way.  If I have some info, I just add it, but everyone is entitled to their own decisions -- like you, I'm no expert, just someone who was exposed to a lot of information when I did natural medicine for a living and try to share it.  My arguments are never with you and what you do for yourself, since, again, I know from our experience on here that you're very good at taking care of yourself.  So again, peace.

[allmymarbles]

"Iodine is a very potent antibiotic, and is just as effective as chlorine if we wanted to use it to protect our water supply.  The reason we don't is that iodine is toxic to the thyroid in large doses,.."

The U. S. Army uses iodine to purify water without any problems. It does not use chlorine, which displaces iodine, as does fluoride and bromine, resulting in iodine deficiencies. The reason that Lugol's solution is no longer available at your local drug store is that the army buys the total inventory of the large suppliers. You and I have to buy it on the internet from small producers.

[Paxiled]

Fungicide is just another word for antibiotic -- meaning it kills living things.  Iodine is a very potent antibiotic, and is just as effective as chlorine if we wanted to use it to protect our water supply.  The reason we don't is that iodine is toxic to the thyroid in large doses, so it's harder to use safely, though chlorine is toxic enough to people.  Iodine would actually be safer, and many have advocated for its use.  Iodine is most often used in herbal medicine as an antibiotic for the mouth and skin, because there it would be used topically and not be ingested.  I don't say never use it, just to be careful with it.  Soap, on the other hand, doesn't kill anything, it acts as an abrasive.  Iodine kills when sufficiently concentrated; it doesn't clean or scrape.  And the medical community does call fungicides antibiotics because they are -- certainly what my doctor and the pharmacy called the antibiotic he gave me for a pernicious case of a fungus that didn't respond to natural treatment.  But to repeat a third time, I never said never use iodine, just that one need be careful with it, and it has nothing to do with how much you take -- if you have certain thyroid problems, any amount can cause a lot of harm and suffering, so it's always best to do no harm if you have an alternative.  Peace.

[allmymarbles]

Addendum. Iodine kills all pathogens. That would include yeasts/fungi.  It is particularly effective in the treatment of candidiasis. Could you harm  yourself with iodine? Of course. You can harm yourself if you take too much of any medication. That is not a reason to condemn its use.

[allmymarbles]

I did not mean "food" in the literal sense, as you must surely know. Drugs that treat fungi are called fungicides, not antibiotics. Nor have I ever heard iodine described as an antibiotic. Your blanket definition would be extremely confusing to the medical community. It would have to include soap and all antiseptics.

[Paxiled]

Well, yeasts don't eat antibiotics.  In fact, drugs or natural treatments that kill yeasts are also antibiotics.  What antibiotics do is kill off beneficial bacteria that, when healthy, take up the living space yeasts need to colonize an area.  Iodine is also an antibiotic, though not one that kills beneficial intestinal flora, but neither is it known to kill yeasts.  One also has to be very careful with taking too much internal iodine, as it can overstimulate the thyroid.

[allmymarbles]

Antibiotics are one of yeast's favorite foods. I developed a serious case of candidiasis which I got rid of with the moderate use of Lugol's solution (an old-fashioned treatment). I ate live-culture yoghurt plus culturelle (sp.?) in the morning and took Lugol's at night.

[Paxiled]

You still need to take the probiiotics.  Monostat 7 is a pharmaceutical product, and is  just another type of antibiotic.  So you're still in the same pickle, which is trying to prevent chronic yeast infections.  Don't assume you're out of the woods yet.  As for the oral surgery, I thought dentists only recommended this if you had a history of heart disease or something like that.  On the other hand, I got an infection last year when I had a tooth out, and the area still hurts now, though nobody will tell me why.  I think it's partly because the oral surgeon didn't notice the infection until I'd had it for two weeks!  Love them docs.

[jess640]

i took those antibiotic because my denist told to take them before getting oral surgery now i regret taking them thank you so much for helping me out  after i finished the antibiotic i immediately took monistat 7 for the yeast infection

[Paxiled]

Why are you taking the antibiotic?  Generally, you need to complete the antibiotic regimen, because if you don't you could develop drug-resistant bacteria.  Try taking a reuteri based probiotic and see if it helps, but the antibiotic will be killing it off so take it two or three times a day.  After you're off the antibiotic, you'll need to do an anti-yeast regimen.  A good naturopath can help with this, but if you can't afford one, pick up the book Prescription for Nutritional Healing for some ideas.  For now, cutting out sugar and white flour might help some, as that's what yeast feeds on.  There are also anti-yeast natural products, but there are so many and so many combinations, and it's likely to be difficult to do while the antibiotics are still killing off your beneficial bacteria, but it's something to look into.  The best way to prevent this is to avoid antibiotics unless absolutely positively necessary.