Fluconazole tablet for thrush

You can still buy Canestan cream and/or pessaries. I think.

Please please get the lichen checked I didn’t even knew I had it until I was seen and had pre cancerous cells which quickly turned to stage 1 necessitating an operation
Thrush and lichen can be muddled even by GPs / nurses sometimes

I was diagnosed with Lichen about 15 years ago and in that time have been checked twice and only when requested by me. In theory you are supposed to get checked annually, but it just doesn't happen. Our GP surgery is awful, no continuity of care whatsoever, very difficult to get an appointment and most of the doctors are locums.

I am sure this isn't the lichen flaring, as it just started with soreness and stinging when peeing.

Sorry to hear about your dreadful experience and hope you are okay now.

Unfortunately no pharmacy will give you anything for thrush if you are over 60.

I had thrush last year due to taking antibiotics, I couldn’t get through to the doctors so took a trip to Boots.

The pharmacy assistant a creepy man asked me “if it was for down below” I told him it was for my vagina, he asked my age (61) and refused me, I flounced out angrily telling him I would go to Tesco pharmacy and lie about my age!

I did just that and got the canesten, it wasn’t until I got home I realised my sweatshirt and leggings were inside out😱

To answer your question the fluconazole are amazing, they clear it up super fast.

You will have to put a call in to the doctors.

I'm 60 but didn't know it wasn't available for my age group. Luckily I bought 6 packs of the Fluconazole pre-lockdown from an online pharmacy. I had an attack of thrush about a month ago so took one and it cleared it up very quickly. The tabs had an expiry date of 2022, but no harm done!

Well I have got a Fluconazole, so may well take it as I have never suffered any ill effects from them. I can't understand why I should suddenly get thrush when I haven't been on antibiotics, its very strange.

I never suffered from thrush at all until after the menopause.

Try to visit GP if possible. These meds - fluconazole and similar - can take longer to clear from your body in 60s, so possibly longer in 70s, this is why not sold to that age group.

Buy online and lie about your age if you really want it .

I bought online, from Pharmacy2U online or from a supermarket shelf.

I filled in an online form for my GP surgery and got a phone call about 10 minutes later asking me to go up for a face to face appointment.

I hadn't realised just how bad things had got down there - the doctor couldn't even use a speculum because she said it would have been too painful for me. Anyway she took a swab as a precaution and issued me with a prescription for a Canestan Combi of pessary and cream.

Felt quite down after the appointment because she said to keep an eye on how things are down below because urinating could become a problem.

Sex has been a no go for well over a decade, just too painful, and again that is upsetting.