Anyone tried Canespro?

[Ujjayi]

Ugh....This conversation is neither stylish nor beautiful sadly. However, I need to address the nail infection I have and have just paid a small fortune for a Canespro treatment set. Just wondering if anyone has used it and can reassure me that it is worth the £30......

My Gp must be pretty good. I had to have a liver test pre, mid and post treatment.

I'm sure that your GP is pretty good but those blood tests are a condition of prescribing the drug and they only show damage already inflicted.

I don't doubt for a moment that your GP made the correct clinical decision to give you this drug. Your an adult, I'm sure you were made aware of the risk of serious illness or death and I respect your right to make those decision about your own health but I think it's a bit off to claim that these infections always spread to other toes, (they don't) or to tell people they should be 'begging' for a drug that has the potential to do so much damage.

Yes, I am an adult, thank you, and yes I was aware of the potential complications of taking the prescribed medicine.And yes, I agree, the Doctor made exactly the right choice in prescribing me the medicine he did since it cured a serious infection for me. If you read back through this thread you will find that one other person had the same experience as I did..that the infection spread to the other toenails. It is a very real risk, and will have happened to many others. Someone may be lucky and not have this happen, but they may not, and if it does spread over the counter medicines will not work. They are designed to only treat one or two nails. A higher level of infection requires prescribed medication from the Doctor - it tells you all this on the packaging of these topical medications. And yes, it is a calculated risk taking the medication..the same as taking any medication. There is always a risk. However, there are also long term risks of not dealing properly with the infection, particularly for those with diabetes. There is also the issue of the fact that the longer the infection develops the longer you have to take the medication for in order to clear it, whilst early treatment will require a shorter exposure to the medication and assosciated risks. So, on balance, from personal experience, no I don't believe that I am being unreasonable in suggesting that people deal with this infection properly, in a timely manner, under the supervision and advice of their GP.

I had the same thing, my toe nail became red and inflamed and it was painful to wear a shoe and to walk so stopped using it. I phoned the helpline but they were not helpful at all and not interested. Such a waste of money and not worth the pain! I found it worrying.

I had 3 infected nails and had tried many things
1 nail was thick and painful, the other 2 just on the edges
I used canespeo it worked best on the most affected nail but when I used the anti fungal cream it started growing thick again
I used tea tree instead and the nail is flat and beautiful. I still have it on the edges of the other nails but filing and tea tree seems to keep it under control
I'm not sure if it was the cabespro or tea tree which cured my bad nail
I'm happy to use tea tree permanently to keep it at bay

OK Canespro works well. Follow the instructions, use for a max of 2-3 weeks. Your nail will turn white and the skin around may peel. the ointment kills the fungal infection and some of the healthy nail and skin where the fungus is also present and this helps prevent re-infection. Your nail may fall off, but initially it will seem that it has not worked as all you will see is a white nail or missing nail. Be Patient. Remove the dead nail if you can, stop using Canespro after 3 weeks max and start with the anti fungal cream. The healthy nail should grow back gradually. If the next nail along is infected, then start the same treatment on that.
Finally, and this is important, it is likely that you have a yeast infection inside your body, and these types of infections will return unless you change your diet. That means cutting out bread, sugar and unfortunately alcohol, which the yeast infection feeds off. Do this, and you will not only see a massive improvement in your current condition, but also massive gains in your overall health particularly as you get older. If you really want to stop yeast infections, cut out these foods as much as possible for 6 months, then only reintroduce them in moderation. If you drink don't eat sugar or wheat. If you like bread, don't drink or eat sugar. Its really hard as carbs such as sugar and wheat have an addictive quality, which is why food companies promote them. The government wont do anything as this would cut revenue, and the same unfortunately applies to the NHS, who although a brilliant and unique organisation really need to concentrate on diet as the root cause of many health problems in the UK rather than treating the symptoms. I would not use the tablets prescribed by Doctors to treat fungal infections. These rely on chemicals to kill the fungus inside you, and again treat the symptoms rather than the cause (which is poor diet). good luck.

Over many years of recreational running, my feet stuck inside wet trainers, my one infected nail has become three and a bit. I guess different people have different susceptibility, but the infection has slowly spread, and now I dont' run it's not getting significantly worse. My solution so far has been to try to remove as much of the nail as possible after a shower, when the nail is soft, with heavy-duty toenail secateurs. That part is very quick, cheap and effective. Then I've been using either terbinafine cream (Lamisil) or clotrimazole (Canesten or generic) to treat the infection - been doing this for 6 months. The cream is having success on one of the nails but the others show minimal improvement. I've just read that the active ingredient in Canespro cream is bifonazole, so I'm now going to try to get some of that cream to use. So my experience has been that you don't need to use the Canespro to remove the nail if you are happy to use clippers when the nail is soft.