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September 14, 2010 at 3:00 am #304719redrockParticipant
I have heard that you cannot take nizoral with minocycline? Does this also apply to the shampoo? I have a bit of dandriff and scalp issues and using it once a week or so has helped my condition. Is it OK to take Nizoral in topical form?
September 14, 2010 at 3:12 am #351321richieParticipantHi–Nizoral is an anti-fungal that many doctors prescribed right along with minocycline =–As some AP doctors tend to dx an anti fungal right along with the antibiotic –I dont think your info is quite accurate –although there are improved anti-fungals in the same family —
richieSeptember 14, 2010 at 3:17 am #351322redrockParticipantI don't know where I read this, somewhere online a few weeks ago and have since discontinued the Nizoral and scalp issues have come back. I'd like to go back on it again if I can!
September 14, 2010 at 9:36 am #351323BillParticipantYes that is what the insert say's, but Richie is right. I use the shampoo as it is clinically proven to maintain hair (presumably anti-inflammatory effects on scalp.) My hair is in great shape and I have been using both for years. Just my opinion and personal experience however.
September 14, 2010 at 11:51 pm #351324MMWParticipantI have taken oral ketaconazole (nizoral). I have not used the shampoo.
I understand that ketaconazole is hard on the liver. It is harder on it than flucanazole.
Minocyline, as I understand, also taxes the liver.
I have been on both oral ketaconazole and minocyline at the same time.
But my dr did not want me to take zithromax at the same time that I was taking both mino and ketaconazole. So I quit mino to take zithr for one month while I still took the antifungal.Maybe 2 antibiotics along with ketaconazole way overtaxes the liver. I am just guessing that is why he made me stop mino for zithro. So it might depend on your liver's ability to detox both.
In your case, I am wondering if using a shampoo puts that much ketaconazole in your system to have to detox from.
It is a good question though.
Marianne
PS What are your scalp issues? Itching and loosing hair? Just wondering because I have had this problem off and on for a while. I was wondering if it was lyme related or if it was yeast/fungal related. I never did anything for it. Just panicked at the hair loss:doh:. The hair loss thing is returning after being gone for a while, but the itching is not there. I am trying to figure it out.
September 15, 2010 at 4:59 am #351325redrockParticipantYeah it seems like a shampoo could not really tax your liver, could it?
My hair issues are related to seborrahic dermatitis (sp?) which causes basically bad, thinning hair, bald spots, etc.
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