Intermittent Lamisil® Effective For Fungal Toenails
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Northcoast FootcarePosted
Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:06pm
Terbinafine (Lamisil®) and itraconazole (Sporanox® ) are popular oral medications for the treatment of toenail fungus. Both are expensive and the treatment regimen involves 3 months of therapy. Itraconazole has been shown to be effective with a pulse dosing regimen. This means that the medication is taken daily for 7 days and then 21 days off
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Cancer and Fungus
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Andrea FabryPosted
Fri 16 Apr 2010 7:26am
and easy way to fight cancer in people, researchers reported on Monday.
Although it did not completely wipe out the tumors, the drug called itraconazole may boost the effects of other drugs, the researchers reported in the journal Cancer Cell.
Itraconazole is marketed under the brand name Sporanox by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceutica
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How does fluconazole work?
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JeremyPosted
Tue 01 Sep 2009 5:51pm
, and fluconazole is no exception. Fluconazole is one of the triazoles, a group that also includes itraconazole and several related antifungals. Their fungus-specific target is something
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Transformation Story
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Andrea FabryPosted
Mon 29 Nov 2010 9:00am
with the antifungal medication itraconazole or given placebo.
He said the patients given the itraconazole had a "very significant benefit in quality of life," among 60% of the patients
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Fruit Juices Hamper Drugs’ Benefits
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Bob DeMarcoPosted
Sat 23 Aug 2008 3:14pm
the rejection of transplanted organs; and certain antibiotics (ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, itraconazole).
Bailey says more drugs are likely to be added to the list as physicians
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SHARE Day
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RebeccaPosted
Wed 16 Jun 2010 3:41am
the odd bogey to cough up, but he's nowhere near as rattly as he was, and so hopefully the Itraconazole is doing it's job!
And now I'd better go grab some lunch before I have to go
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Well I haven't blogged because ...
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lungs_for_lifePosted
Sun 19 Dec 2010 5:42pm
I'm off Itraconazole (Itra interacts with FK and bumps the levels up so you don't need as much) has taken it's toll on my kidneys and last week my kidney function hit a low
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PEPpers
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RebeccaPosted
Wed 02 Jun 2010 2:21pm
run, with a bit of a bombshell. Dylan's cough swab from 7th May had grown Aspergillus Fumigatus, a nasty fungus, and he wanted him to start a four week course of Itraconazole... to prescribe Itraconazole for Dylan because 1) it's not recommended for use in children, and 2) it can cause life-threatening liver problems. I did say that 1) his CF Consultant had
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