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Are Diflucan, Lamisil And Fluconazole Effective In The Treatment Of Fungal Infections?
Is the Diflucan and Lamesil and fluconozole pill what is used to treat nail fungi and does it clear up most nailbed infections? My chemo doctor stopped prescribing one of the pills for me after my last chemo and until then it had been helping clear up my nails. Now he passed me off to a pediatrist that told me once you get fungi of the nails then you always have it - (not true?) and he wouldn t prescribe me a pill either. So I been using topical and it doesn t work. I took a urine infection test at home and my leukasites were positive for infection. Not even the dermatologist at Stanford would give me a pill. The pill cleared up my nail infections until the doctor quit prescribing it and I think a low grade nailbed infection can give me cancer eventually? The website said I get a free question then after writing it and submitting there were several options to pay. If it is free like it said, the website, then you can send me an answer via my email please. YYYY@YYYY
Thu, 28 Jun 2018
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I have read your question ,and here is my advice.
The drugs you named are pretty effective in clearing nail infections. However, this needs most of the times prolonged course, like may be 2 to 3 months or even more. I don't know, why your doctor says the other way , may be if it is some other type of infection, so you can talk to him ,he may be very right but may not have conveyed rightly .Or may be they wanted to say it does not need treatment. Fungal infection are not found to be causing cancer so do not worry about that. I would have advised some antibiotics.
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I have read your question ,and here is my advice.
The drugs you named are pretty effective in clearing nail infections. However, this needs most of the times prolonged course, like may be 2 to 3 months or even more. I don't know, why your doctor says the other way , may be if it is some other type of infection, so you can talk to him ,he may be very right but may not have conveyed rightly .Or may be they wanted to say it does not need treatment. Fungal infection are not found to be causing cancer so do not worry about that. I would have advised some antibiotics.
Hope I have answered your query.
Let me know if I can assist you further.
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service.
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
You are right nail infection caused by fungus can be cleared most of the times, and the mentioned drugs are effective in clearing it, and mostly needed to be taken orally however prolonged course is needed like it may be needed for up to 2 months to clear the infection.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Mahboob Ur Rahman
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
You are right nail infection caused by fungus can be cleared most of the times, and the mentioned drugs are effective in clearing it, and mostly needed to be taken orally however prolonged course is needed like it may be needed for up to 2 months to clear the infection.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Mahboob Ur Rahman
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