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I was on 200 mg for 14 days. 

 

 

I don't think doctors make a big deal out of prescribing Diflucan once a clinical diagnosis has been made. It's just that doctors generally make a big deal out of doing any tests to actually get a clinical diagnosis in the first place! Doctors usually say that Candida only affects people who are severely immunocompromised such as AIDS or Cancer patients, or they just dismiss you altogether telling you that Candida is some make believe condition. Then they refuse to prescribe any anti-fungal medication for you. Not saying this happens all the time but from the stories i've heard from other people, this seems to be the norm when dealing with doctors. My doctor wasn't even looking for Candida when she found it in me. I kinda wonder if she would have even agreed to do the upper endoscopy on me had I mentioned anything about Candida from the beginning....

 

 

I wouldn't say it's a miracle cure, but it still remains the first line defense in regards to treating internal Candida infections. I've never really heard a doctor say that it was that dangerous. My doctor didn't tell me it was dangerous. In fact she didn't even mention anything about the possibility of elevated liver enzymes during treatment. She didn't do any tests to check my liver function for the 14 days I was on it, but that might have been because 14 days is not really that long. I'd imagine if I had been on it long term like over a month then she probably would have run periodic liver tests to make sure everything was in check. But i've read that even people who were on fluconazole long term were completely fine.

 

It all just depends on the person really. Some people do better on it than others. And some people shouldn't take it due to a pre existing medical condition. But for the most part (and speaking from my own personal experience) I don't really see why doctors don't prescribe more antifungals such as Diflucan to people who believe they are suffering from a candida infection. I mean, they prescribe antibiotics as if they were candy to people who have just 1 or 2 symptoms of a bacterial infection. I don't know why they can't do the same for people who have multiple symptoms of a fungal infection. It baffles me really.