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See also: Voltaren

What is Diflucan? Diflucan is a brand name for the anti-fungal agent fluconazole, used in the treatment of candida infections, particularly in the mouth and esophogus. It can also be used topically for fungal infections of the skin. Read more...Click to read more below

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.

Pfizer's Diflucan site


Reasons Taken

28 patients in the community are taking or have taken Diflucan.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 17 60%
General health 3 10%
Thrush 3 10%
Mouth/throat infection 1 3%
Aches and pains 1 3%
Don't know 1 3%
Slow my ALS progress 1 3%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Diflucan.

  0 mg day 0 mg none 1.6665 mg none 10 mg day 80 mg day 100 mg day 150 mg none 150 mg day 200 mg day 400 mg day
  5 Number of Patients: 5 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Diflucan or how long patients were taking Diflucan before stopping.

Currently taking Diflucan

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
3
4
1
5
0
4

Stopped taking Diflucan

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
1
1
1
2
1
Why Patients Stopped Taking Diflucan (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 4 50% Course of treatment ended: 50%
Doctor's advice 3 38% Doctor's advice: 38%
Not indicated 2 25% Not indicated: 25%
Did not seem to work 1 13% Did not seem to work: 13%
Personal research 1 13% Personal research: 13%
Other 1 13% Other: 13%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 3 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 67% 2
Moderate 33% 1

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 100% 3

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 3 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 3)

  • dbrister
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Moderate
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: moderate
    Swallowing: moderate
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
  • dbrister
  • by dbrister
    Sep 04, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other

See all evaluation results for Diflucan



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