Other Treatment Options
If the following prescriptions don’t work or are not effective enough and show serious side effects, they may also expose you to risk of a systemic fungal infection, your healthcare provider may use a new class of antifungal medications called echinocandins. These include itraconazole, posaconazole, voriconazole, and amphotericin B, which are given intravenously (IV, meaning in a vein).
To relieve your symptoms, your healthcare provider may also prescribe some specific type of mouthwash that is a combination of several medications. It is referred to as magic mouthwash and is often prescribed for thrush that develops during chemotherapy. Several different formulas are available, and it’s up to the healthcare provider to decide which drugs to include and at what dosage.
You should never try to mix medications yourself at home. Allow your doctor or pharmacist to do it for you.
With the right treatment, oral thrush usually goes away within a couple of weeks. But in some cases, it can return.
For adults who have recurring cases of oral thrush with no known cause, their healthcare provider will evaluate them for underlying medical conditions that might be contributing to thrush.
Infants may have several episodes of oral thrush in their first year of life.