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Transdermal medication.
prescription from your GP, however it may be cheaper to buy the Canesten
over the counter at the pharmacy than by paying the prescription charge.
Depending on the severity of the condition, Canesten can eradicate the
infection in two to three days if applied three times a day.
If you have thrush then you should refrain from oral or penetrative sex until
you are clear of the infection for at least five days. This will help to ensure
that you do not pass it on to your sexual partner.
Alternative therapies for thrush
• Live yogurt, which contains Lactobacillus acidophilus, can be eaten
regularly.
• Garlic is a powerful natural antibiotic and garlic supplements can be
taken orally.
• Add eight to ten drops of tea tree essential oil, which is antifungal, to
a warm bath to ease the symptoms.
• Certain foods encourage the growth of yeast, so people prone to
recurrent thrush could consider changing their diet. Wine, beer,
vinegar, coffee, cheese, cakes, white bread, sausages, smoked fish,
sugar and foods that contain monosodium glutamate should be
avoided (Weston, 2000).
Transdermal medication.
How many times have you rubbed a dock leave on yourself when stung
by a stinging nettle? For centuries, the skin has been a popular, but
not very effective, route for drug delivery, and these drugs have been
applied topically as rubs, liniments and ointments, usually with the aim
of providing a localised effect but also, on occasion, to gain systemic effects.
These systemic effects can now be delivered in a way that is more practical
and reliable i.e. transdermal drug delivery, sometimes known as "patch
therapy".
This form of medication has many advantages over the oral route -
1 It avoids the hostile environment of the gastrointestinal tract, with its
changing PH, foods, digestive enzymes and variable motilities and
transit times.
2 Allows constant and prolonged plasma drug levels to be maintained.
3 Avoids first-pass elimination by the liver, and
4 Increases compliance as you only need to apply a new patch every
other day, or whenever, instead of orally several times a day.
However, it does have some disadvantages -
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