gross, but, anyone here take Lamisil before??

[redly]

please post your experience here.
I've got this annoying sh!t under my thumbnail...been there for a few years now. I think Lamisil would treat it

 

[amol]

eww, i hate that commercial . . .

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

have you considered seeking out an opinion from a someone trained in MEDICINE?

 

[Zim Hosein]

<-- Waits for an ATOT poster to tell you to cut off your finger redly!

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude
have you considered seeking out an opinion from a someone trained in MEDICINE?

 

[redly]

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude
have you considered seeking out an opinion from a someone trained in MEDICINE?

Yeah, I talked to a doctor about it a year or so ago, but I had crappy insurance then, so it would have been out of pocket. Just saw a banner ad for the stuff tonight and it reminded me.

Plus, it's not like it's over the counter medicine anyway, so I'd have to get a perscription from my doc...not to mention the consultation.

thanks for posting your experience

 

[BCskunk]

lamisil should work...but it will take time to see effect..

 

[Blastomyces]

<----- Doc with athlete's foot

Whatever you use, make sure it has 1% clotrimazole in it, that's the only medication that actually kills the fungus, others just stop the grow. Apply every day for a couple weeks and it should help. If the infection is actually in the nail, you may need to take oral medication for 6 months (which isnt even that effective) but try the topical cream first.

 

[redly]

Originally posted by: Blastomyces
<----- Doc with athlete's foot

Whatever you use, make sure it has 1% clotrimazole in it, that's the only medication that actually kills the fungus, others just stop the grow. Apply every day for a couple weeks and it should help. If the infection is actually in the nail, you may need to take oral medication for 6 months (which isnt even that effective) but try the topical cream first.

reading this now

 

[Nitemare]

Just what the doctor ordered

 

[Blastomyces]

Yup, note that in the Clical studies section, that the treatment is effective for 59% of users. Not great but not bad, plus I think the medication costs something like $500 for a full course and not a lot of insurance companies pay for it. I'd go with two weeks of the OTC stuff first and then to the bigger guns. Hell, I use the the generic Target brand and it works great.

 

[redly]

hehe...my doctor last year told me to put wart remover on it. Kinda hard for that stuff to leach up under the nail. Maybe he was drunk.

Another funny was that there was a link for a $10 coupon or a free 7 day trial
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="https://www.lamisil.com/utils/coupon/preofferB.jsp?creative=101113&site=101043&source=01025&campaign=LMT-9495">https://www.lamisil.com/uti......&campaign=LMT-9495</a>

 

[DrPizza]

Yes, after a foot injury, I ended up with 2 of the most ugly toenails in the world. There's no way in hell that a topical is going to go through the nail and get to the root and kill the fungus at the source (if you believe the commercials.)

Yes, you need a prescription for it, but...
no, that doesn't necessarily mean your insurance is going to cover it. I have quite good insurance, but mine wouldn't cover it. It's expensive, but you may be able to save a little $$ by getting it from Canada. Takes a long time for the infected nail to grow out far enough that it's gone - my treatment ended a while before the infected part of the nail was gone. But, the day I clipped off the last bit of yellow nail and nothing left but a nice nail was one of those happier occasions. It worked for me.

 

[AlienCraft]

It was new, very expensive and I needed more than 3 treatments to get results. Then it came back, as I was unable to continue treatments.