Product Details
FLUCONAZOLE 150 MG
Introduction : FLUCONAZOLE 150 MG tablet is used to treat serious fungal or yeast infections, including vaginal candidiasis, oropharyngeal candidiasis (thrush, oral thrush), esophageal candidiasis (candida esophagitis), other candida infections (including urinary tract infections, peritonitis [inflammation of the lining of the stomach], and infections that may occur in different parts of the body), or fungal (cryptococcal) meningitis.
It is also used in children on life support called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). This medicine works by killing the fungus or yeast, or preventing its growth.
FLUCONAZOLE 150 MG tablet is also used to prevent candidiasis in patients having bone marrow transplants who receive cancer or radiation treatment.
This medicine is available only with your doctors prescription.
Indication : FLUCONAZOLE 150 MG TAB is used to treat fungal infections of the mouth, throat, vagina, and other parts of the body including fingernails and toenails. It kills fungi by destroying the fungal cell membrane thereby stopping the growth of fungi.
Administration : You may take this medicine with or without food.
Keep using this medicine for the full treatment time, even if you feel better after the first few doses. Your infection may not clear up if you stop using the medicine too soon.
Storage : Store the medication at room temperature, away from moisture, heat, and direct sunlight.
Mechanism of Action : Fluconazole is a triazole antifungal agent that inhibits fungal sterol synthesis leading to aggregation of 14 alpha-methyl sterols in the fungi, which is responsible for the fungistatic activity
Therapeutic : Anti Fungal
Side Effects : Side effects may include headache, nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dyspepsia, and taste perversion
Contraindications : """If you are pregnant, think you may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor for advice before taking this
medicine.
You must not take this medicine while you are breast-feeding"""
Safety Advice / Warnings : Using this medicine for a long time or using it too much while you are pregnant (especially during the first trimester) can harm your unborn baby.
Serious skin reactions can occur in certain people during treatment with this medicine. Check with your doctor right away
This medicine may cause some people to become dizzy, drowsy, or less alert than they are normally. Do not drive or do anything else that could be dangerous until you know how this medicine affects you.
References : Product Information: DIFLUCAN(R) oral tablets, suspension, fluconazole oral tablets, suspension. Roerig (per FDA), New York, NY, 2018.
Fluconazole. New York, New York: Pfizer; 2014
Sheppard D, Lampiris HW. Antifungal Agents. In: Katzung BG, Masters SB, Trevor AJ, editors. Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. 11th ed. New Delhi, India: Tata McGraw Hill Education Private Limited; 2009. pp. 840-41.