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Side Effects
For women taking a single dose to treat vaginal infection, the most common side effects are abdominal pain, diarrhea, headache, and nausea; changes in taste, dizziness, and indigestion may occur less
often.
Less common side effects may include:
- Abdominal pain, diarrhea, headache, skin rash, vomiting
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Cautions
It is important that your doctor check your progress at regular visits. This will allow your doctor to check for any unwanted effects.
If your symptoms do not improve within a few weeks (or m
onths for some infections), or if they become worse, check with your doctor.
These medicines should notbe taken with astemizole (e.g., Hismanal), cisapride (e.g., Propulsid),dofetilide (e.g.,
Tikosyn) or terfenadine (e.g., Seldane). Doing so may increase the risk of serious side effects affecting the heart.
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Possible food and drug interactions when taking this medication
When you are taking Diflucan, it is especially important that your health care professional know if you are taking any of the following:
- Quinidine (e.g., Quinidex) or
- Ranitidine (e.
g., Zantac) or
- Sucralfate (e.g., Carafate) or
- Trimeprazine (e.g., Temaril)¡XUse of these medicines may decrease the effects of itraconazole and ketoconazole; these medicines should be ta
en at least 2 hours after itraconazole or ketoconazole
- Antidiabetic agents, oral (chlorpropamide [e.g., Diabinese], glipizide [e.g., Glucotrol], glyburide [e.g., DiaBeta, Micronase], tolbutamid
e [e.g., Orinase]) or
- Astemizole (e.g., Hismanal) or
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Why is this drug prescribed?
Fluconazole is used to treat pneumonia, meningitis, and fungal infections of the mouth, throat, liver, kidneys, heart, urinary tract, and abdomen. It also has been used to treat vaginal infections and
oral thrush in certain patients.
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Proper Use of This Medicine
You can take Diflucan with or without meals.
Take this medication exactly as prescribed, and continue taking it for as long as your doctor instructs. You may begin to feel better after the f
irst few days; but it takes weeks or even months of treatment to completely cure certain fungal infections
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What special precautions should I follow?
Pregnancy¡XStudies have not been done in pregnant women. However, studies in some animals have shown that Diflucan, taken in high doses, may cause harm to the mother and the fetus. They have caused bi
th defects in animals. Before taking these medicines, make sure your doctor knows if you are pregnant or if you may become pregnant.Breast-feeding¡XDiflucan pass into breast milk. Mothers who are taki
g these medicines and who wish to breast-feed should discuss this with their doctors.
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