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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 5 | diagnosed acute dissimanated histop | Loss of hair possibly due to other factors also. Taste is awful. At first I had some nausea but have adjusted. | After 10 days in ICU and near death, constant sinus problems, I was told that I may be on this the rest of my life. I'm ok with it if that's what it takes to save my life. I also take Bactrim daily for low T-cells. Specialist are still not sure the cause of the low immune system. | F | 51 | 8 months liguid 2X day | 3/11/2010 | 4 | histoplasmosis | Numbness in hands and feet | F | 25 | 7 months 10 mg 2x d | 7/13/2014 | 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 | Toenail fungus | Horrible floaters in eyes, stomach torn to bits, nausea, fatigue | Since taking sporanox pulsed 400 mg a day for 7 days then 3 weeks off for 6 months I have never felt the same since. Literally sometimes I feel like I'm better off dead food allergies gallbladder malfunction liver problems. Constant stomach upset list goes on stay away from this drug it's for serious fungal infections not toenails | M | 31 | 6 months 400mg 7X W | 1/5/2013 | 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 | 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 | 4 | Blastomycosis | At first I couldn't keep it down so I started drinking coca cola 15 minutes before taking it. After a couple of weeks I realized that I could keep it dow n without coca cola so I stopped drinking coca cola(I'm not a fan of pop) BUT after that my ankle and eyes started swelling! So i'm back to coca cola and a lot of kale...I'm not sure why kale but I've noticed that kale helps with swelling. | F | 34 | 3 months 20 mg 2X day | 2/17/2013 | 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 | 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 | 1 | Toenail fungus | Insomnia, nausea, headaches, joint pain, had no period at all this month, stomach pain, & really dark urine - which could mean liver problems (hopefully not) | I'm stopping & making an appointment with my doctor to look for an alternative. | F | 16 | 1 months 100mg | 4/11/2015 | 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 | 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 | 4 | Histoplasmosis | Pitting edema of lower legs | F | 59 | 2 weeks 400mg/day 1X day | 11/14/2013 | 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 | My husband had a fungus in the groi | My husband experienced paralysis after taking this drug. Now he has developed Parkinson's disease. The insert said it could cause neurological problems in .0001% of people. How'd we get so lucky! | I would like to sue the manufacturers of this horrible drug. It was like taking poison for him. | M | 70 | 2 weeks 1X day | 7/14/2011 | 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 |
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)