> Grapefruit Seed Extract > Internal & External Yeast Infections, Candida Albicans > Candida Yeast Infections and Grapefruit Seed Extract After many years of treating patients with thrush and intestinal Candidiasis, I have found Citricidal to be very effective. It is easier to modulate the dose than other anti-yeast products, as there is no bad after-taste. The liquid Citricidal is excellent for administering to babies and children. Efficacy compares with nystatin and GSE is less expensive. -Dr. David Bayley, N.D. North Vancouver, BC Intestinal Candidiasis Stopped with GSE. Chronic candidiasis(both intestinal and systemic) is being treated with excellent results using grapefruit seed extract, according to numerous clinics and medical practitioners. Dosage for patients, according to Dr. William Kellas of Comprehensive Health Center in Encinitas, California, is recommended at 3 - 4 drops after each meal(using Citricidal® professional strength GSE. Use 10-15 drops of Nutribiotic® GSE. -Ed.note.) Dr. Kellas calls grapefruit seed extract the taste you love to hate, due to its bitter taste in water, vis-a-vis its effectiveness against candidiasis. Dr. Leo Galland, M.D. of New York City, who also prescribes GSE for the treatment of candidiasis, advises patients to avoid its bitter taste by mixing it with carrot, vegetable, orange or grapefruit juice, while typically prescribing 2 to 3 drops(6-10 drops Nutribiotic), twice daily, diluted in at least four ounces of liquid. (Ed. note: The product is now available in tablet form.) Regarding resistant patients, ...I have had some immunosuppressed patients taking the preparation for over a year with no apparent development of side effects or drug resistance. In patients not responding immediately, Dr. Galland has mixed other preparations and reports, It appears to work in an additive but not synergistic fashion with all other antifungals which I have combined it, including nystatin, caprylic acid, ketoconazole, and amphotericin. Other doctors in resistant cases have had success by increasing the dosage of GSE to as many as 6 or 7 drops(Citricidal® professional strength), 3 times a day. As usual, no side effects were reported. (Mild side-effects can occur from use of any germicidal, and its called the Herxheimer effect.) Dr. Galland considers the availability of grapefruit seed extract to be ...a major therapeutic breakthrough for patients with chronic parasitic and yeast infections... Dr. Galland reports treatment failures in only two cases out of 297. It would be hard to overstate the value of GSE to my medical practice. It has no inherent toxicity. For the past year I have used GSE in the treatment of intestinal parasitism and chronic candidiasis with excellent results. In the treatment of candidiasis it appears as effective as nystatin, caprylic acid, and other non-absorbed intestinal antifungal agents. Many drug sensitive individuals find GSE to be much better tolerated than other antifungal preparations, and I have several patients in whom this product alone helped control chronic candidiasis when no other medication was tolerated or effective. In the treatment of intestinal protozoan infections, (Giardia lamblia and Entamoeba histolytica) GSE has for the most part been more effective than metronidazole and other prescription antiprotozoan drugs. -Dr. Leo Galland, New York, NY Vulvovaginitis and Intestinal Candidiasis As reported by the New England Journal of Medicine in 1969, Candida albicans, a dimorphic fungi, is a well known cause of disease in humans and is acknowledged to cause vulvovaginitis. Recurrent vaginal candidiasis, commonly referred to as yeast infection, is now being linked with the presence of gastrointestinal candidiasis. Physicians Miles, Olsen and Rogers(Recurrent Vaginal Candidiasis, JAMA, 1977), reporting on 98 consecutive patients complaining of recurrent vaginal candidiasis, (three or more episodes), said that in only one was Candida albicans found in the stool but not in the vagina. The authors state that The results of this study demonstrate that vaginal candidiasis does not occur naturally without concomitant of C. albicans within the large bowel and that a cure is not likely as long as the vagina remains the only treatment target. This conclusion enforces the argument for simultaneous oral treatment for intestinal candidiasis as a curative solution to recurrent vulvovaginitis. According to Dr. J.D. Sobel, M.D., as reported in the N.E. Journal of Medicine in 1986, after a 12-month study of patients suffering recurrent vaginitis, It appears that maintenance prophylactic therapy is effective in preventing recurrent episodes of vulvovaginal candidiasis... Grapefruit extract is effective in controlling this all-too-prevalent fungus and is the prescription of choice for a rapidly growing cadre of alopaths and naturopaths throughout the country. Grapefruit Seed Extract Information and Products are Listed Below