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    Condition: Skin Infection due to a Candida Yeast
    8/28/2020 10:24:24 AM

    Reviewer: Nonna, 65-74 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

    Effectiveness

    Current Rating: 1

    Ease of Use

    Current Rating: 2

    Satisfaction

    Current Rating: 1

    Comment:
    My butt cheeks are blistered from this and a rash, and tiny bumps, this cream burns me! Also have the powder, same thing! Back to doc today, this drug scares me!! NO help, am worse now.

    Condition: Skin Infection due to a Candida Yeast
    1/30/2020 1:31:45 AM

    Reviewer: Lilaclollipops1313, 45-54 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

    Effectiveness

    Current Rating: 1

    Ease of Use

    Current Rating: 1

    Satisfaction

    Current Rating: 1

    Comment:
    Red scaly burning rash, feels like papercut, tongue swollen and breathing labored. Affected area MORE itchy when used.

    Condition: Skin Infection due to a Candida Yeast
    9/20/2019 1:46:31 PM

    Reviewer: HollyBerryC, 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

    Effectiveness

    Current Rating: 5

    Ease of Use

    Current Rating: 5

    Satisfaction

    Current Rating: 5

    Comment:
    somehow cut off most of my review...after using home remedies & trying to dry out my navel, it started to bleed, (fro trying to clean it 4 times a day) & had crusty stuff all around it .doctor prescribed nystatin ointment & already have great improvement (im on day 3) there are a lot of bad reviews on here, but it worked great for me.very happy with results

    Condition: Skin Infection due to a Candida Yeast
    9/20/2019 1:23:01 PM

    Reviewer: HollyBerryC, 45-54 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

    Effectiveness

    Current Rating: 5

    Ease of Use

    Current Rating: 5

    Satisfaction

    Current Rating: 5

    Comment:
    i had bad fungal infection inside my navel (due to not drying it well after showering) tried home remedies (peroxide, then rubbing alcohol, then neosporen, then lotramin)for almost 2 months

    Condition: Skin Infection due to a Candida Yeast
    4/16/2019 7:17:39 PM

    Reviewer: Anna, 19-24 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

    Effectiveness

    Current Rating: 1

    Ease of Use

    Current Rating: 1

    Satisfaction

    Current Rating: 1

    Comment:
    A small rash appeared on one of my buttcheeks and started to spread around my inner thighs and vaginal area i was recomended to use nystatin because my doc said it was a fungus that was spreading so i started using it twice a day after two weeks it seamed to reduce but now it came back and gotten worse nystatin helped to reduce the fungal rash but not take it away

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