Hi yes that was me - if you search on my posts.
Basically I took a flucozanle tablet every 72 hours combined with ibuprofen. Here’s an interesting article
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10966233/ explaining how effective ibuprofen can be.
I think a few of experience thrush getting better then “coming back” I have read that the anti fungal properties only work on vaginal secretions for 72 hours which is why we experience a resurgence so keeping the anti fungal medicine in your body consistently is important and taking medication exactly 72 hours later and not leaving it otherwise back to square one.
I managed to buy good supply of flucozanle in Spain but I believe you can buy it online in UK If not, given how much pain I was in, I would have visited multiple pharmacies and buy what I could in each. I would say I was 58 and stare them out… the 60 rule is there so that other conditions are not mistaken but when you know it’s thrush it is IRRELEVANT.
I think the NHS moves too slowly on these things and it is worth a try. I did research the risks attached with taking flucozanle but decided in my case there wasn’t really any downside.
When I have a thrush episode the only way I get through it is to be proactive and take steps myself otherwise I just find it so hard to cope as it’s debilitating and depressing.
I hope all of you suffering find your way of coping and get some relief soon.
PS just adding an excerpt from the research “
“The combination of ibuprofen with fluconazole resulted in synergic activity with eight of the 12 Candida strains studied, including four of the five fluconazole-resistant strains”