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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

Pfizer's Diflucan site

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Other 5 0
Support another treatment 1 0
General health 1 0
Slow my ALS progress 1 0

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Dosages

  10 mg daily 50 mg daily 80 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Diflucan (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
3 60% Doctor's advice: 60%
Did not seem to work
1 20% Did not seem to work: 20%
Personal research
1 20% Personal research: 20%
Other
1 20% Other: 20%
Not indicated
1 20% Not indicated: 20%

See all 5 patients who’ve stopped taking Diflucan

Currently Taking Diflucan

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

Stopped Taking Diflucan

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
0 0%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
0 0%

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Report created on November 23, 2009.