Diflucan
Drug name: Diflucan
Other names used:
- Trican®
Active Ingredients:
fluconazole
Therapeutic actions: Binds to sterols in the fungal cell membrane, changing membrane permeability; fungicidal or fungistatic depending on concentration and organism.
Indications:
- Treatment of oropharyngeal, esophageal, and vaginal candidiasis
- Treatment of cryptococcal meningitis
- Treatment of systemic fungal infections
- Prophylaxis to decrease incidence of candidiasis in bone marrow transplants
Contraindications and cautions:
- Contraindicated with hypersensitivity to fluconazole, lactation.
- Use cautiously with renal impairment.
Adverse effects:
- CNS: Headache
- GI: Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain
- Other: Rash
If you experience any of the following symptoms, call your doctor immediately:
- upset stomach
- extreme tiredness
- unusual bruising or bleeding
- lack of energy
- loss of appetite
- pain in the upper right part of the stomach
- yellowing of the skin or eyes
- flu-like symptoms
- dark urine
- pale stools
- seizures
- rash
- hives
- itching
- swelling of the face , throat, tongue, lips, eyes, hands, feet, ankles, or lower legs
- difficulty breathing or swallowing
Interactions:
- Increased serum levels and therefore therapeutic and toxic effects of cyclosporine, phenytoin, benzodiazepines, oral hypoglycemics, warfarin anticoagulants, zidovudine
- Decreased serum levels with rifampin, theophylline, TCAs, losartan
Additional Information: DO NOT SHARE THIS MEDICINE with others. DO NOT USE THIS MEDICINE for other health conditions. KEEP THIS PRODUCT, as well as syringes and needles, if needed during treatment, out of the reach of children. Do not reuse needles, syringes, or other materials.
