Definitions

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  • noun A broad-spectrum antifungal agent administered either orally or topically to treat a variety of fungal infections.

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  • noun A synthetic antifungal drug used especially in immunocompromised patients.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[keto(ne) + (mi)conazole.]

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  • Treatment for this can be provided by a health care worker and includes antifungal medicines such as ketoconazole which is taken by mouth every 12 hours for 14 days.

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  • The effect of ICZ on glycosylation was not dependent on inhibition of the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway and was specific for this drug because other azole antifungals, such as ketoconazole and econazole, did not alter glycan processing.

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  • Revatio is also not recommended for patients taking ritonavir or antifungal medicines, such as ketoconazole and itraconazole.

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  • Azole-based antifungal agents, such as ketoconazole, work by inhibiting the enzyme cytochrome P450 14 - α-demethylase (P45014DM), which is part of the sterol biosynthesis pathway that converts

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  • Toviaz is not recommended in doses above 4 mg in those patients with severe reduction in kidney function or in those patients taking medications, such as ketoconazole, that block the metabolism of the drug.

    Emaxhealth 2008

  • Toviaz is not recommended in doses above 4 mg in those patients with severe reduction in kidney function or in those patients taking medications, such as ketoconazole, that block the metabolism of the drug.

    Emaxhealth 2008

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  • These include two antidepressants: fluoxetine Prozac, Sarafem, and generic and fluvoxamine; three anti-fungal drugs: fluconazole, ketoconazole, voriconazole; the blood thinner, ticlopidine; the epilepsy drug, felbamate; and the HIV drug, etravirine.

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  • These include two antidepressants: fluoxetine (Prozac, Sarafem, and generic) and fluvoxamine; three anti-fungal drugs: fluconazole, ketoconazole, voriconazole; the blood thinner, ticlopidine; the epilepsy drug, felbamate; and the HIV drug, etravirine.

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