Sharon, If your husband has had the fungal infection for a long time why is the doctor in such a hurry to rid him of it now? Why can't he wait to see if the CS will work? Or maybe he can.
I am assuming that your husband has systemic infection because of the die off reaction. But that doesn't mean that it is a fungus. It could be some other organism like Lyme, or others. The fungus that causes jock itch, athletes foot, and infects nails is not a likely cause a systemic infection. Systemic infections are caused by Candida, Lyme (spirochetes), viruses, and bacteria. This is well said in the monograph at: http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/ketoconazole.htm#sect-Indications_and_Usage Ketoconazole tablets are to be used for severe skin infections that won't respond to griseofulvin cream and subsequent oral griseofulvin. Has your husband had griseofulvin first? Did the doctor do a fungus culture to determine the cause of his infection? Personally speaking, CS is much simpler. Michael Anthony > > On Thu, 10 Jun 1999 21:31:48 -0400, Sharon L. House wrote: > > > To all listers, > > > I just sent this post to the yeast list for their opinion. I don't know if > > any of you know anything about Nizoral (Ketaconazole) but if you do I'd > > very much like your opinion on this, please. > > > Here's my post: > > > Need some opinions, > > > My husband has been going to the VA medical center for years now for his > > heart condition. He's 65 years old. He's had nail fungus, fingers and toes, > > for years and years. Also jock itch. I had just nicely got him started on > > CS (colloidal silver) as I'm making my own now (so can afford it!) and he > > had been having joint pain all over which I believe is dieoff. As soon as > > he stops the silver he feels better. Starts it up again, joint pain again. > > I consider this an excellent sign. > > > Anyway, now, after all these years, this VA doctor wants to put him on > > Ketaconazole which is Nizoral! My husband, not knowing much about all this > > himself, said that he questioned them about the advisability of taking > > another drug. He's already on drugs for his heart. But he said they assured > > him that this was a mild antifungal and they were giving him a mild dose of > > it. I was shocked when I read the label and it was Ketaconazole! So I got > > out a book that talks about the antifungals and it seems that the 200mg > > dose is a pretty typical dose and not a mild dose like they tried to make > > him believe. > > > Okay, here's my question. Am I nuts for being upset about this? I always > > thought that Nizoral is one of most dangerous antifungals on the market, > > possibly causing liver damage. I looked it up on the internet and found a > > site that said the side effects can also be nausea, vomiting and a decrease > > in the androgens which are the male hormones. > > > What really upsets me about all this is that I've been under the impression > > for a long time that Nizoral is only to be taken for a month at the outside > > and that the person should be regularly monitored. This doctor wants my > > husband to take this 200mg pill every day for 3 months! And he also wants > > it refilled for another 3 months after that! Not only that but his next > > appointment with them isn't for another 4 months! This means no contact > > with the doctor at all for that long. We live 220 miles from the nearest VA > > medical center. > > > I don't like to go off the deep end about anything but when my husband had > > his heart attack, a major one, 12 years ago, we took him to what was > > considered to be one of the best heart specialists in Michigan. My > > husband's cholesterol was only 193 at that time but this "doctor" put him > > on 6 grams of niacin a day. That's 6,000 milligrams! I was so worried about > > this and on one of his appointments I went with him and questioned this so > > called "doctor expert" about the advisability of doing occasional liver > > function tests because of the high dosage of niacin. He just mumbled > > something and brushed me off and never did them at all. > > > Soon after, for financial reasons, my husband started going to the VA > > medical center. He was having very strange symptoms and we were scared. > > When we told the VA doctors about the niacin dose they about went berserk! > > After testing, sure enough, it was his liver. Oh, I might mention that his > > cholesterol went down to 119! They said that was much too low. They kept > > him on the niacin but at a much reduced dosage, they kept up with the tests > > and he did just fine. I'm only mentioning all this because I was right back > > then to be very worried about what the doctor was doing and I'm equally > > worried now. > > > Am I off the beam feeling the way I do? My husband didn't tell them about > > the silver. They wouldn't have understood anyway. He just doesn't know what > > to do and I'm advising him to stay with the silver and see what happens. > > > Please tell me your opinions about this. > > > Thanks, > > > Sharon > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
