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Yellow coated tongue

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kim12266
kim12266

stopped metronidiazole last year my tongue has never been the same since i can brush it off with no soreness at all but it comes straight back again by the next day its worse at the back doctor said was yeast iv had 3 lots of nystatin and 5 days of fluconazole im at a loss iv been probiotics but its not helped at all its not yeast by the looks of it

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  • kim12266
    kim12266

    Posted

    also had a blood test to check if im immuno compramised an im not blood test was fine

  • jgconcernerned
    jgconcernerned kim12266

    Posted

    same thing hapened to me. White tongue that doesnt go away. Took NYSATIN an Difulcan and nothing changed.

  • nat55961
    nat55961 kim12266

    Posted

    White tongue is caused by enlarged papillae on your tongue, those little finger-like things, which can be caused by vitamin deficiencies and guess what... Metronidazole depletes your thiamine (B1)! Perhaps you've had a low grade vitamin B1 deficiency ever since you took metro. I would try supplement your B vitamins as a whole, whilst also taking extra B1 as a seperate supplement. So long as its the thamine HCl form which is water soluble, I don't believe its harmful to supplement extra B1, but obviously check with a harmacist perhaps as I'm not a doctor and don't know your situation! Good luck!

  • emily24402
    emily24402 kim12266

    Posted

    Hi, have you had any progress or explanation for this?

    I've been dealing with a similar coating on my tongue but nothing has come back from the tests I've had done....

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