Can babies have a bad reaction to thrush medicine?

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I've been giving my son the oral Nystatin medicine for about a day and a half. He has turned into a very fussy baby who doesn't sleep for more than 30 minutes most of the time... he grunts and thrashes in a half-asleep state the rest of the time and is just never happy for more than a few minutes.

I'm giving him the medicine despite him having no signs of thrush because I got thrush on my nipples. I really really want to stop giving him the medicine and see if he stops being so fussy. He's only had 1 of his 4 doses today (its now 5pm)

I did read that nausea and upset stomach can be side effects.

Help please :(
 
Yes it can; especially as nystan is an antibiotic as well as an anti fungal. If this was me I would probably keep the nystan just in case; but just keep treating myself for now xx
 
yeah, we stopped the nystatin yesterday at 10am and within 12 hours he was almost back to normal. Guess he really did have a strong reaction to it.
We'll just have to wait and see what happens and if he gets thrush in his mouth.

Also, I think it irritated his whole digestive system because he started to get his first diaper rash yesterday mid-day.
 
I wonder if the fussiness is because he has trush in his gut? Pearette had this, and it made her very gassy. A sign of this is nappy rash too, as the trush passes through into the nappy area.
 
My baby hasn't had a bad reaction to the nystatin...it just hasn't worked at all.
Poor baby still has a white tongue.:nope:
 
aw sorry, I think there are other medicines they can give. Nystatin doesn't work on the tough cases of thrush but its so mild on the babies (usually) that its worth a shot first.

and you're sure the white tongue isn't milk, right? The inside of the lips and cheeks are white too?
 

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