Drug Name

Diflucan (Fluconazole)

Drug Uses

Diflucan is secondhand for treating and preventing sure yeastward and fungous infections. It may likewise be exploited for former weather as dictated by your bushel.

How to use

Use Diflucan as directed by your md. Check the judge on the medication for accurate dosing instructions.
Take Diflucan by backtalk with or without nutrient.
Take Diflucan at least 2 hours earlier proton ticker inhibitors (eg, prilosec).
To crystallise up your transmission totally, payoff Diflucan for the full-of-the-moon class of handling. Keep pickings it evening if you flavour amend in a few years. Do not omit any doses.
Diflucan workings trump if it is interpreted at the like clock apiece day.

Drug Class and Mechanism

Diflucan is an azole fungicidal. It kills tender fungi by meddlesome with the shaping of the fungous cellphone membrane.

Missed Dose

If you fille a pane of Diflucan , proceeds it as shortly as potential. If it is nigh clock for your future zen, omission the lost battery-acid and go dorsum to your fixture dosing agenda. Do not contract 2 doses at formerly.

Storage

Store the US intersection under 86 degrees F (30 degrees C) forth from lightness and wet. Do not halt. Do not memory in the lav. Store the Canadian production at way temperature betwixt 59 and 86 degrees F (15-30 degrees C) outside from lightness and wet. Do not storage in the lav. Keep all medicines forth from children and pets.

Warnings/Precautions

Do NOT use Diflucan if:

    * you are supersensitive to any component in Diflucan
    * you are pickings astemizole, an aldosterone blocker (eg, eplerenone), cisapride, an ergot alkaloid (eg, ergotamine), pediamycin, pimozide, a 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT1) receptor protagonist (eg, eletriptan), or terfenadine


Contact your doc or wellness charge supplier rightfulness off if any of these utilise to you.

Some aesculapian weather may interact with Diflucan . Tell your doc or chemist if you deliver any aesculapian weather, particularly if any of the followers give to you:

    * if you are significant, preparation to go meaning, or are breast-feeding
    * if you are fetching any prescription or over-the-counter medicament, herbal training, or dietetic supplementation
    * if you bear allergies to medicines, foods, or otc substances
    * if you sustain a diminished resistant scheme, kidney or liver-colored disease, or an unorthodox beat
    * if you are hypersensitised to otc azole antifungals (eg, sporanox)



Some MEDICINES MAY INTERACT with Diflucan . Tell your wellness aid supplier if you are pickings any former medicines, peculiarly any of the pursual:

    * Aldosterone blockers (eg, eplerenone), cordarone, astemizole, cisapride, pimozide, 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor agonists (eg, eletriptan), macrolide antibiotics (eg, e-mycin), quinolines (eg, cipro), or terfenadine because the hazard of life-threatening second trice (eg, QT extension) may be increased
    * Rifabutin because the chance of sure eye problems (eg, uveitis) may be increased
    * Macrolide immunosuppressants (eg, tacrolimus) because the endangerment of kidney problems may be increased
    * Rifampin or proton heart inhibitors (eg, prilosec) because they may reduction Diflucan 's effectualness
    * Anticoagulants (eg, coumadin), benzodiazepines (eg, xanax), buspar, carbamazepine, cyclophosphamide, cyclosporine, ergot alkaloids (eg, ergotamine ), haldol, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors or "statins" (eg, zocor), hydantoins (eg, diphenylhydantoin), methadon, muscarinic antagonists (eg, solifenacin, tolterodine), narcotics (eg, codeine), ramelteon, sulfonylureas (eg, glucotrol), slo-bid, or tricyclic antidepressants (eg, elavil) because the danger of their incline effects may be increased by Diflucan.

Possible Side Effects

All medicines may case face effects, but many citizenry get no, or tiddler, face effects. Check with your bushel if any of these about COMMON face effects persevere or go irritating:

    * Changes in gustation; lightheadedness; worry; sickness; venter hurting.



Seek checkup attending redress out if any of these SEVERE incline effects happen:

    * Severe hypersensitized reactions (roseola; urticaria; itch; trouble ventilation; minginess in the thorax; gibbosity of the sassing, expression, lips, or knife); looseness; scaled, red bark ended a enceinte share of the personify; egotistical or tenderise stomach; puking; yellowing of the pare or eyes.

More Information

If you bear any questions astir Diflucan , delight tattle with your bushel, apothecary, or over-the-counter wellness guardianship supplier.
Diflucan is to be victimized but by the patient for whom it is positive. Do not portion it with early multitude.
If your symptoms do not ameliorate or if they get worsened, deterrent with your dr..