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Regimen adherence and Diflucan use
Apr 8, 2001
Dear Dr.: I'm taking Combivir and Sustiva. My morning dose of Combivir is 10:30'ish and my nighttime version of Combivir and Sustiva is also 10:30'ish. Occasionally, when the morning dose is due, I'm in a meeting at work, etc., and am not able to take it until 11:00'ish - 11:15'ish. I'm quite adherent to the night time doses by taking them between 10:15 and 10:45. Do you see any problems with the occasional delay of my morning dose as described above? Also, my doctor has me on 100mg/day of Diflucan for a mild case of oral thrush (on the underside of both sides of the tongue). I've been taking it now for 6 weeks and the thrush seems to be stabilized - no worsening, but no real improvement either with the Diflucan. My doctor keeps extending my prescription for 100mg/day - do you feel it's time I should ask about another drug or increasing the dosage of the Diflucan (i.e., 200mg/day) to try to get rid of it? Thanks for answering my questions.
- Recently-diagnosed and still very nervous.
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Response from Dr. Boyle
The 1/2 to 1 hour time difference in taking your AM antiretrovirals should not be a problem. Regarding the lesions on your tongue, it may be oral hairy leukoplakia (OHL), not thrush. That may explain the failure to respond to Diflucan. If you have not had significant improvement with 6 weeks of Diflucan treatment, your doctor needs to reconsider his/her diagnosis (for example, consider OHL) but, if he/she is still convinced its thrush, a change in medications is in order. BB
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