SPORANOX Reviews (ITRACONAZOLE)Average Rating: 2.5 (55 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare SPORANOX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SPORANOX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | sporotrichosis back of hand | possible fatigue | looked well enough that I could remove bandage covering lesion after 2 mos. Every MD that looks at it says- yeah its good. Since it is still red and does not look great I could be happier but the experts agree - its been killed - the fungus. and the red is just the healing process. I've got 15 more pills which I will take - Dr Kazanjian said - lets do 3 months OK? so aside from I seem a tad more fatigued I'll happily do it | M | 56 | 75 days 100 1X day | 5/13/2013 | 5 | SPOROTRICHOSIS | none | worried about possible side affects based primarily on what I read here at this site. So far, knock on wood, nothing. Inflamation was reduced within 5 days. big relief. Today, or this evening, just now, took off bandage and it looked so much better. no pus- for the first time. To my relief, the Doctor, an infectious disease specialist at the Taubman Center here in Ann Arbor, said ' this drug is safe for you - you have no other health issues or underlying risk factors - this ought to work. He appeared quite confident and so far it seems he was right. I bought at Costco - 30 tablets for $193. if memory is correct, will need to stay on daily 100 mg dose for at least two months. | M | 56 | 10 days 100 mg 1X day | 3/9/2013 | 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 | 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 | 4 | Toenail Fungus | I took Itraconazol EG (generic version) to treat a fungus infection under the nail of the big toe. I repeated the treatment 4 times over the course of 4 months (one week taking the drug, then 3 weeks off). It helped but didn't cure the infection completely. I tried another drug (Terbinafine) but couldn't stand the side effects so I'm now using the Loceryl (amorolfin HCl) nail varnish to kill the remaining fungus. | M | 38 | 4 times 200mg 2X day | 2/23/2012 Patient History | 4 | Fungal nail infection | I have since been experiening headaches and dizziness for 4 days after taking them. | This medication seemed to work and i have now had them for 3 months taking for 1 week and 3 weeks off. Since finishing them i have had dizziness every day and occasional headaches. Im hoping this will stop soon. | M | 30 | 1 weeks 400mg 1X day | 10/10/2011 | 4 | Toe nail fungus | Liver function tests show liver enzymes high. | Clear my toe nail fungus but I have not taken this drug no more Dr. Ordered to stop after liver acting up. | M | 50 | 9 days 200 mg a d | 3/30/2017 | 3 | Toe nail fungus | Liver enzymes high. | Dr.asked me stop taking this medicine. | M | 50 | 9 months 200 mg a d | 3/31/2017 | 3 | Fungal infection foreskin | At first, no side effects, then on the fifth day: heart missing beats, extreme fatigue, depression and confusion, had to take a break from work. Depression lasted for two days, confusion for three, and everytime I got some sleep I had very disturbing nightmares. The fourth day after cessation, I woke up with a green tongue (bacteria most likely) with white spots and a gingivitis. Now on the fifth day after cessation, I feel as if I've gotten sick, a cold of some sort. The mycosis I had under the foreskin appears to have died, red patches of irritation disappeared and small white strings, like dead skin or what do I know replaced it and seems to go away when gently brushed. | This was a horrible and scary experience, I do not recomemend that drug at all... see if there something less hardcore on the market first. | M | 35 | 5 days 200 mg 2X day | 6/5/2018 | 3 | Jock itch | No | Actually when I take it 15 to 20 Days jock itch get cleared but after 3to 4 days it comes back. Please help what should I do. Should I continue or not. Please help. Between thighs red rashes come back as I take gap. | M | 35 | 2 years 100 | 11/21/2015 | 3 | Toenail fungus | Week one was worst, no energy felt off hard to describe just not myself. Not sleeping as well. Nightmares. Thirst. | Stick with this drug and the side effect gradually almost fully disappear. Took me about a week to start feeling a positive change from side effects. I finished my 3 month course last week and I've notice the nails growing healthy now. I do feel things upset me more easily at the moment. Dont know if this is related to taking itraconazole though as I currently do have a lot of things going on. | M | 32 | 3 months 200mg 2X day | 7/16/2020 | 3 | sporotrichosis back of hand | minor fatigue | update from previous comment sporotrichosis came back. 100 mg daily was not enough. moved to 200 daily. seems to be working better. at this rate will be on for another few months. $100 a week. advice to self: next time start with sski - not pushed by anybody since there is no patent. was THE treatment for sporo. for decades before big pharma developed and pushed itraconazole. | M | 56 | 150 days 200 1X day | 8/12/2013 | 2 | Histoplasmosis of Brain | Do not know where to begin...Is my father who is taking it and has gotten CHF while on it, one of my biggest issues is that it has NOT helped the 19 lesions on his brain and the fact that he can not take medications he needs to treat other things like his A-FIB and COPD | He must be on the medicine for life as they say due to the fact the lesions on his brain have not gone away in a year and a half. So many other medical problems have showed up since the beginning of the sporanox, he now has COPD, A-FIB, CHF, seizures, and can do much of nothing for these issues since the meds to treat them reacts with the sporanox as do most medicines. The only good thing I CAN say about the medicine is that my father would be dead without it. However, he is miserable while on it, so I am not sure which is better. | M | 71 | 1.5 years liquid 2X day | 4/15/2013 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
SPORANOX (ITRACONAZOLE): Itraconazole is used to treat fungal infections. It belongs to a class of drugs known as azole antifungals. It works by stopping the growth of fungi. FDA Approval Date: 1992-09-11 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)