Funzol
Drug name: Funzol
Active Ingredients:
- Fluconazole
Therapeutic actions: Funzol contains the active ingredient Fluconazole that belongs to a group of medications called antimycotic or antifungal. Fluconazole works by inhibiting enzyme 14α- dimethylase and ,thus, disturbs the production of ergosterol. Ergosterol is essential component of the fungi cell that substantiates fungi cell wall. By inhibiting ergosterol production, Fluconazole makes changes the permeability of the fungi cell making them unstable. This is ultimately fatal for the fungi.
Indications: Funzol is indicated in the following conditions:
- Infections of the skin caused by fungi such as athlete's foot (tinea pedis), ringworm (tinea corporis), jock itch (tinea cruris), pityriasis versicolor,
- Skin infections caused by candida albicans.
- Vaginal thrush(vaginitis) caused by Candida albicans
- Candida infections of the mouth linings (oral thrush), urinary tract, throat, lungs, bloodstream, heart, or other widespread infections of the internals.
- Inflammation of the male genitals and/or foreskin (candidal balanitis) caused Candida albicans.
- Fungal infections caused by Cryptococcus fungi (cryptococcosis), including cryptococcal meningitis and infections affecting the lungs or skin.
- Prophylaxis of a disease caused by Cryptococcus fungi, eg cryptococcal meningitis, in patients with AIDS.
- Preventing fungal infections caused by fungi in patients with a weakened immunity and low white blood cell counts due to chemotherapy, radiotherapy or bone marrow transplants.
Contraindications and cautions: Funzol should not be taken in allergy or hypersensitivity to Fluconazole or other anti fungal azole preparations, eg clotrimazole, ketoconazole, itraconazole and other.
Funzol is contraindicated in pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Do not use Funzol prior to talking with your doctor if you experience the following conditions:
- Kidney and liver disorders
- Cardiovascular diseases including heart diseases(heart rate or rhythm disturbances)
- Low blood levels of calcium, magnesium or potassium.
Warning! You should finish the prescribed course of treatment even if you feel better or seem that infection has cleared up.
Regularly check your liver function in prolonged use of Fluconazole.
Adverse effects: There are possible side-effects associated with this medicine that can affect individuals in different ways. If a side effect is stated here, that does not necessarily mean the fact that all people using Funzol will experience it or any other.
- Digestive system: Abdominal pain, diarrhoea, nausea and vomiting, taste changes, flatulence, dyspepsia
- CNS: headache, seizures, dizziness
- Liver disorders
- High cholesterol blood levels
- Allergic reactions: skin rash
- Decreased blood potassium levels
- Decrease in the number of white blood cells
The side effects listed above may not include all of the side effects reported by the drug's manufacturer. For more information about any other possible risks associated with Funzol, please read the information provided with Funzol or consult your doctor or pharmacist.
Interactions: It is important to tell your doctor or pharmacist what medicines you are already taking, including those bought without a prescription and herbal medicines, before you start treatment with Funzol. Similarly, check with your doctor or pharmacist before taking any new medication while taking this one, to ensure that the combination is safe.
- Benzodiazepines
- Tacrolimus
- Theophylline
- Zidovudine
- Repaglinide
- Rifabutin
- Ciclosporin
- Phenytoin
- Sulphonylureas used to treat diabetes, eg glibenclamide, glipizide
Additional Information: DO NOT SHARE Funzol 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.
