Sunday, August 1, 2010

What product is best for nail fungus?

I think lamicil is but it can be very hard on the liver. I heard that putting vinigar on your toenail twice daily might help, but you have to do it everyday to see any results. Otherwise there is over the counter fungal cream but i don't know how effective that is. Or you might want to go see a foot Dr. maybe they can help.What product is best for nail fungus?
You could have your toe nails removed....





Less drastic measures include Lamisil, very good hygiene, and soaking your feet in epsom salts daily.What product is best for nail fungus?
lamisil tablets, nothing else works. You get them from your physician.
Drug companies SALIVATE at the opportunity to introduce a new drug which may CURE an unattractive, but otherwise benign condition that affects maybe 10% of the population. So many companies have recycled drugs and efforts at curing SERIOUS fungal infections with the opportunity to market a drug for this commoner one that people are likely to see their doctors for, that there is now strong competition in the market. You'd think that would mean that a clear winner treatment would emerge- but it hasn't.





First off- make sure you have a fungal infection- as many as half of people who believe they have fungal infection have other nail conditions or nothing at all. Second, ask yourself if you really want to take a possibly toxic drug to make your nails a little less ugly, or if youd rather try other cosmetic treatments. You wont get an argument from most doctors if you say you want to live with your fungus.





Then, if you still want treatment, consider this: topical treatments are useless. Ciclopirox (penlac) is prescribed only for chuckles: doctors want to see who REALLY wants their fungus gone when they prescribe a cream that has to be metitculously applied daily, cant be washed off, but has to be removed weekly with alcohol, and has nearly no chance of working. They know that if you take this treatment and come back, that youll probably accept the more toxic drugs.





The older systemic treatments (griseofulvin and ketoconazole) need to be taken for 10-18 nausea-filled months and experience about 80% relapse rate.





Enter terbinafine (lamisil)- needs only 4 months treatment for most infections, but still has an astronomical relapse rate. It can mess with your liver, rob you of white blood cells, and wreck havoc on your eyes. Some people cant taste anything after a few weeks of treatment.





My advice: unless you are suicidally depressed at the state of your nails, stop worrying and learn to love your inner fungus.
I can rub your toenails until you feel better.
lanosil

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