| Key to ratings for sporanox: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |
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| 5 | Athlete's foot which spread | None | I had Athlete's foot (caused by stress at work) and because I did not treat it, it spread to my eyes and hair causing hair loss and an itching in my eyes which was unbearable. I woke up one morning to find that my pillow was a brilliant yellow (due to the fungus) my fault though as I used to go to bed with wettish hair (I have thick hair which takes ages to dry and I was so busy at the time). took Sporanox and hair loss stopped, eyes stopped itching and my 'widow's peak' of hair at the front returned!! Brilliant stuff. Took 3 doses. | F | 59 | 1 months | 9/14/2009 | 5 | Fungus infection | Vomiting, stomach bloating, lack of appetite. | Very good for a big boil which spread all the way from the scalp to the shoulder, recovered in 2 weeks. Removes fungus elsewhere as well at the same time. | F | 23 | 15 days | 9/5/2009 | 5 | sinus mold/yeast | None | I don't knw why so many negative comments. I suffered for years with yeast and chronic sinus infections. Finally after two sinus surgeries a new ENT wa smart enough to culture and found resistant mold in sinus. I had been on Diflucan daily only to go into infection whenever off Diflucan or antibiotics. The Sporanox wiped it out. A little itching (normal when treating fungal) and best if you take with soda as it works better on acidic stomach. Take after food. The persistant vaginal yeast I had forever finally cleared and many other things. The mold apparently is one picked up in hospitals and I'm pretty cetain I obtained it during the sinus surgery to begin with. This is one of the few meds that works on resistant yeast/certain molds. Had no problems with this med. Oh...stay away from caffine while taking and that will help the folks with the heart palps. This med was a life saver for me after 4 years of chronic infection unresolved until culture showed specific mold i nsius and lacrimal eye sac. | F | 46 | 30 days | 7/22/2009 | 1 | Nail fungas | After a day and a half, I awoke in the middle of the night to find I had broken out in hives from head to feet. I even had hives in my ears, nostrils, and scalp. I itched so badly, I could not sleep or go to work. This lasted about a week before the large red whelps disappeared. My doctor immediately took me off the medication and gave me prescriptions to counteract the itching. | DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG!!! | F | 42 | 1.5 days | 6/1/2009 | 4 | Histoplasmosis | If taken on empty stomach -- nauseous to the point of throwing up. When taken with food, no problems | Seemed to clear up the histoplasmosis after a three month period of being on it. | F | 51 | 90 days | 3/3/2009 | 5 | Histoplasmosis | None that I'm aware of from this drug. (I'm also taking prednisone, asacol, and imuran.) My only complaints are that I get sick of taking it with pop or cranberry juice (helps absorbtion), and that it's harmful to a fetus so you can't use it while pregnant. | I've been taking 200mg of itraconazole (sporanox) twice daily for the past two years. I started after a hospitalization of four days for a fungal lung infection (histo). I have to take the drug chronically because I take immunosuppressants that could bring the dormant histo back. | F | 23 | 2 years | 3/21/2008 | 5 | Histoplasmosis | Slightly elevated blood pressure. Have taken Sporanox capsules 400 mg/day with no problems except that I cannot take Lipitor while taking Sporanox. | I began taking insulin a few months after beginning Sporanox. The combination seemed to help dramatically. | M | 64 | 6 months | 3/15/2008 | 1 | Histoplasmosis | HORRIBLE cramps, worst I've ever experienced. Also totally screwed up my taste sensation. | Was diagnosed (incorrectly) with Histoplasmosis. Started Sporanox, liquid and within a week, I could hardly walk due to the cramps, continued for 2 weeks and after stopping the med, I still had to deal with the cramps for another week. Never again will I take this. | M | 37 | 21 days | 2/22/2008 | 1 | fungal infection | three years after use my 17year old son was diagnosed with lymphoma | DO NOT USE THIS MEDICATION ON CHILDREN | M | 2/24/2007 | 1 | fungus between toe | WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!DESTROY ALL YOUR PILLS RIGHT NOW.NEVER TAKE THEM AGAIN LIVE HAPPLY EVER AFTER WITH YOUR FUNGUS. BE HAPPY. left leg swollen for a week(2 times larger then my right leg), enlarged lymph,rectal pain, muscle pain, headache, hot flushes, but curing my fungal infection | STAY AWAY FROM THIS MEDICATION.. I MEAN IT. FLASH**FDA APPROVED 11 SUDDEN DEATHS BY THIS MEDICATION**FLASH | M | 55 | 7 days | 9/9/2006 | 1 | Tinea Pedis | Pulse treatment for 2 weeks, first week after taking 400mg a day for 5 days lymph occured just under my chin, also shortness of breath, headache, muscle pain, anemia etc. etc. 2nd week after consuming 400 mg a day for 5 days exacly the same like first week fullness, extreme pressure in my inner ear then yellow color fluid discharge. possible inner ear infection i will find out tommorow with the ear spacialist | after paying $266CAN for 56 pills i still dont have any improvement in my tinea pedis on top of it i have drink barium for some test and spend more money for antibiotic | M | 52 | 2 weeks | 9/7/2006 | 1 | Fungal Infection in Toe | I had awful problems with sporanox - eventually ending up with a paramedic coming to see me. Severe chest pain, light headiness, nausea, weakness in legs (probably muscles), diarrhoea. All in all not good and I really dont recommend it. | M | 33 | 1 months | 8/10/2006 | 3 | Fungal infection on my back | The medicine did clear up the infection on my back, which had persisted for 12-years (since the 9th month of pregnancy). Had gone to many derm docs and spent thousands of dollars on creams, soaps, and other meds. No one ever suggested a cure from the inside out until Sporanox. Took pulse over 14-days in late June with minimal side effects. Started with a 7-day pulse in mid-September that cleared up the infection and almost wiped me out. I ended up in the hospital due to elevated blood pressure, irregular heart beats, tingling sensations in all extremeties, rash on both legs, and disorientation. Extremely frightening! In addition, I experienced terrible headaches for which I took an Excedrin. The two drugs did not work well together, which caused my blood pressure to elevate even higher. The drug cured my infection, but almost took my life. I think I would rather live with the infection and discomfort of itching. I still have three weeks before the stuff is out of my system. During my | F | 44 | 7 days | 10/3/2005 | 5 | toenail fungus | did not experience any side effects which was a great relief, after i had been on lamisil tablets for 30 days and was constantly depressed, paranoid and thought about very disturbing things... i think i felt slightly more tired when on the 3 week pulses, but then again i am a student and this could just be down to late nights!! | i am very satisfied with the results. the fungus which affected the toenails on one foot had been persistent for over 5 years, and nothing would shift it. i feel confident now about my foot and hope this never returns. i suggest to those of you experiencing side effects, to return to the dr and try something new. after my awful depression on lamisil my dr prescribed me sporanox because there were no reported mental disturbances. i would recommend this treatment. | F | 20 | 3 months | 5/1/2005 | 1 | toenail fungus | I used the pulse method but stopped before the treatment was over due to a blood clot in my left leg. 6 months after the blood clot, I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins lymphoma. | I understand that Lamisil (same family as Sporanox) can reduce white cell blood count. This weakens the immune system making cancer more of a possibility. | M | 65 | 3 weeks | 2/8/2005 | 1 | Candadiasis | I am a 56-year-old male who had a heart bypass one year ago. Like the previous writer, I thought I was going to expire after taking Sporanox. I experienced tacchycardia, nausea and disorientation and oppressive sensations in my chest. Then I read the FDA had issued a warning saying sporanox had been found to cause sudden death in some patients. I dropped Sporanox like a hot brick. | M | 56 | 1 days | 9/4/2004 | 1 | FUNGAL SKIN RASH | SEVERE CHEST PAIN,HEART RHYTHM DISTURBANCES, TACHYCARDIA,COLD SWEATS, WEAKNESS, LIGHTHEADEDNESS, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, | I AM A HEALTHY 38 YEAR OLD FEMALE; I REALLY THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO EXPIRE AFTER TAKING THIS | F | 38 | 2 days | 8/9/2004 | 5 | Seborrheic Dermatitis | None | Sporanox has been very effective to treat my Seborrheic Dermatitis. I use it together with ketoconazole (Nizoral) creme daily and a maintenance dose of one time 200 mg every 14 days. I initially started with a 200 mg / day for 7 days dose. | M | 28 | 7 days | 3/27/2004 | 5 | Fungus in toenails | None | No side effects at all for this medicine. I recommend this drug highly versus anything else out there. I also used penlac in conjunction with this medicine which is applied like nail polish. This is the best medicine out there by far | M | 29 | 3 months | 7/17/2002 |
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ratings: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |