Bitter Ringworm Medicine - Intake Suggestions or Alternate Treament

This site offers simple and easy treatments for ringworm, and many other conditions.

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EarthClinic is a great site. I refer to it at least monthly for myself or for friends.

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Hi A., I do know of some more natural remedies using products from a health and wellness company that I have shopped with for 5 years. You can e-mail me at ____@____.com and I can give you the details if you like.

These are topical remedies - nothing to ingest. Also, I know that direct sunlight can help.

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Any antifungal essential oil will work and you can either blend it into her shampoo or just apply it with some other oil such as Grapeseed, Olive Oil, Almond Oil, to carry it and partially dilute it since she is so young, her skin may be sensitive to it but ours never had any problems with it straight out of the bottle or as they say, "neat". Some you may try would be Peppermint, Tea Tree and Myrrh. Peppermint can be pretty "hot" to the skin and the Tea Tree smells to high heaven but Myrrh is nice and mild but can be expensive if you get a really good quality oil. Sounds like the other ladies had good suggestions too. I think I'd look for another Pediatrician if mine said what yours did. ;-) There's almost ALWAYS an alternative treatment to anything...what does he/she think they did before Big Pharma joined the Stock Market?

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A.,

Gentian Violet is a tried and true method for us. I have used it on ringworm and thrush...both for myself and my children. I don't understand why present day docs do not offer this alternative. I guess the drug companies have such deep pockets these days the medical docs aren't in tune with less harmful/distasteful alternatives. It's very sad. While medicine has made great strides in many areas...this is not one of them. Blessings to you and your little girl. A. V.

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I am 64, grew up in Miami, Fla. The kids had lots of ringworm. There wasn't any oral meds. They treated it topically. If she is only 2, maybe you can shave her head, and apply meds. What else can you do if the poor baby keeps throwing up the meds. Have you called any alternative docs? Maybe there is other treatment.
How do you think she got it? We got it from playing in the dirt.
After reading the good responses you got, I will also offer that, when I was a kid, there were only pills, they had to be crushed which my mom did between 2 spoons. Then, she would put a heaping spoon of jam over it, and I would eat it off the spoon. It was pretty palatable.

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Hi, my name is R.. My 8 year old had ringworm on her upper arm and her ped. Told me to put lotrimin af cream on it 2 time a day for 2 weeks. All gone. It is at walmart or any drugstore in the isle with the athlete's foot treatmeant.look on the back of the box under uses and it does say ringworm. Good luck. Well i just looked and the directions say use for 4 weeks. Maybe that is what i had to do. Hope all goes well. R.

Griseofulvin comes in liquid (125 mg/5 ml), capsules (125 mg) or tablets (250 mg). So for someone that young, if the dose is less than 5mg,the liquid is probably the only way to get the right dose in (assuming she swallows it). Talk with your pharmasist about the problem, sometimes they have special pediatric forms, (same medicine, but different, more enticing flavors) or perhaps you could get the capsule form, open and sprinkle the contents into some ice cream.
Ringworm is not a "worm" at all, but a type of fungus. Several anti fungal creams are available OTC at your local pharmacy. There are some herbal remedies too, if you're not familiar with them, you should be able to find a good herbal book at your local library.
I wouldn't trust these measures alone, I would continue to get as much griseofulvin in her as possible, but use these other tx's as adjuncts to what the doc prescribed since you're having so much trouble getting the right dose in her.

I recently had a prescription filled at Rite Aid and noticed they have a variety of flavorings that can be added to medicines for about $3. Might be worth trying.

Is it possible that you can put the dose in a medicine dropper and squirt it way back in the back of her throat so that her swallow reflex takes over and she gets it down? Perhaps do it in two or three different doses until it gets down? (If her dose is 1 tsp. a day, you could do 1/2 tsp. at a time.) Also, there is a tablet which you could probably break in two, but I don't know if you could get a child to swallow it.

Ohhhh...poor baby! I would think you could still try the cream directly on the ringworm, unless it's a large area...my only other offers would be have you tried pudding??? We use that sometimes with older patients. Applesauce might be a try too, but don't chose something that she really likes....that can turn her off of that afterward. Maybe mix it with a pudding that she will eat all of it...or just a few spoonfuls mixed with the med. Best of luck and hope she can manage it. I've had to physically hold my child down and give him meds that were nasty, so may just have to be "mean."

Just remember, if she does throw up, do not give her another dose....you can actually overdose someone by doing this. Just consider it done and move to the next day.

Chill the medication as well. The coldness dulls the flavor. Kroger/Rite Aid and some other pharmacies offer the strong flavoring, I would ask which is the strongest flavor to cover it. If I remember right cherry is one of the strongest, which is why so many meds have that flavor.

can't they give a medicine you put on the skin.. All it is is a fungus like Athlete's Foot.. btw the anti-fungal creme they sell over the counter for that does work with ringworm. I've used it on my kids. Works faster

I've never had experience with ringworm but the following are some recommendations that I found after a google search & reading treatments for ringworm in Prescription for Nutritional Healing.

* Tea Tree Oil - A natural antifungal. Soak a pad and apply topically.
* Genetian Violet - Apply topically but turns the skin purple.
* Kolorex - An herbal product from Nature's Sources effective for ringworm. Available in capsule or cream form.
* Colloidal Silver - A natural antibiotic that destroys some 650 microorganisms. Use a sterile pad and apply colloidal silver to the affected areas.
* Crushed, Raw Garlic - Use a sterile gauze pad or cotton ball to cover the affected area. Do not use tape or a plastic bandage because this promotes dampness.

Supplement recommendations while dealing with a fungal infection:
* Acidophilus - supplies the friendly bacteria to the digestive tract that are essential for people with fungal infections.
* Garlic - neutralizes most fungi.
* Vitamin C - needed for proper immune function.
* Zinc - needed for proper immune function.
* Essential Fatty Acids - For relief of pain and inflammation.

Best of luck and keep us posted.

Peace,
J.

So sorry to hear this. I had to take some horrible medication as a child w/ pnuemonia and it would make me vomit too. Try having her suck on ice right before the med and then let her suck it up w/ a straw or use th esyringe idea someone mentioned.I looked in my drug book and it only comes in a suspension form or pill.

this ALWAYS worked for me no matter how bad the med was....get some Hershey kisses... give her the med and give her about 4 kisses. something about the chocolate takes the terrible after taste away. good luck!

I remember when I was little, I had to take an oral penicillin. ICK! My mom always gave me a hard candy/peppermint after to chase the flavor. I didn't get candy that much as a child so it was a treat. Actually, this week I had to get antibiotic drops put in my eyes and it drained into the back of my throat. The eye doctor told me to "chase it with a mint". So that is the best I can come up with! Sometimes you can't put certain creams on the head which may be why the oral suspension. Bless her heart for having to go through this.

All of the pharmacies (kroger, walmart, kmart, cvs, walgreens, etc) around here offer flavor for syrup for $3 per. Theres like 300 flavors.....my kids like the bubble gum the best. I'd suggest starting there if possible.

Have you tried applesauce? Maybe the mango applesauce since its so sweet?

Another suggestion is to get a syringe type applicator from your pharmacist and just bypass the bitter tastebuds completely by squirting it down her throat....

Good luck!

I have never had that medication, but my 3 yo daughter had to take a medication that was a pill (I had to crush). I would mix it in a cup with honey and some lemon juice and she swallowed it no problem (I think the honey coats it. You could try that.