Any one given Daktarin for DC under 4 months?

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Hi

I have had thrush and so has my DD. I was prescribed oral medication for me and Daktarin for my breasts and the Dr prescribed Nystatin for my DD.

However after 10 days of the medication there has been some improvement but it has not cleared up.

The Dr refused to give Daktarin for my DD saying that it is not prescribed for under 4 months (she is 5 weeks), but I wonder if anyone has used it or been prescribed it for their DC under this age as everything I read suggests that Nystatin does not work?

I thought I could just put a thin layer on my breasts before a feed so she would get some.

Has anyone had experience of this, if so what worked?

We had a similar experience to you. After 2 bottles of nystatin I was finally given fluclonizole for me but nothing further for the baby. I called the GP for a second opinion and was told the Nystatin would work but that I should just wait. I thought this was the stupidest thing I had ever heard. If DD still had thrush (albeit less of it) after a couple of weeks of treatment, how would just waiting do anything? But bizarrely (I assume this was a fluke tbh!) DD's mouth did get better only a week or so later.

Re the Daktarin, my GP wouldn't give it but my friend was prescribed it for a baby under 4 months. According to a leaflet by the Breastfeeding network the ban is because it is thick and gloopy. Therefore the thing to do will be to put some on your finger and sweep it round the baby's mouth or apply a thin layer onto your nipples (this is what my friend did and it sorted it out).

I hope you get it sorted soon, thrush is a bastard. Are you remembering to hot-wash all your bras etc?

Both my babies were prescribed Daktarin oral gel when they had thrush as babies. This was almost 5 and almost 3 years ago. You can buy Daktarin gel OTC too- perhaps it is worth having a chat with a pharmacist.

Actually- I have just found this info from the Breastfeeding Network- maybe give them a ring?
www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/pdfs/Miconazole_Oral_Gel_and_Babies_March_2009.pdf

Thanks for the quick response, that link Fayrazzled is really useful and I think I will give them a ring.

I was prescribed daktarin when dd was a couple of weeks old and told to apply it directly before a feed so she would get some of it too. she is now 15mths,

Pharmacist will not sell it if you say it's for a baby under 4 months as would break terms of their licence. A doctor might prescribe it against manufacturer's advice but many wouldn't. It is great though. Buy it from pharmacy and fib about who it's for? (that's what I did)

I was prescribed Daktarin for DD in NICU from birth. That was feb this year.