DIFLUCAN Reviews (FLUCONAZOLE)Average Rating: 2.3 (471 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare DIFLUCAN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR DIFLUCAN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | yeast infection | After one Diflucan the following day I was constipated which lasted for 5 days of hell in which i finally needed medication in order to numb my anus in order to go. I honestly don't know, however, if it was definitely the medication as I was on antibiotics (reason for the yeast infection) a week prior to this experiencce and that also had begun to harden stools. However, it wasn't until after the Diflucan that I could not go at all so I am thinking it was related to the Diflucan. Took generic brand once years ago and didn't have a problem so I really can't tell. Did seem to treat the yeast this time. Did nothing for it time before... Listed as a 3 because I am really not sure how to rate this medication | F | 35 | 1 days | 7/31/2009 | 2 | yeast infections | Took this medication several times for yeast infections without any side effects. Then one day... bad allergic reaction. Big open ulcers in my mouth (tongue, gums, back of throat), in my nose, on my lips, on face next to eyes, and blisters on my wrist. Felt as though I was getting the flu. STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME | This drug worked well for a year or so until I had a reaction. | F | 41 | 4 times | 7/17/2009 | 4 | fungal infection | Extreme fatique, slight nausea, dizziness/equilibrium off balance, inability to concentrate... | After a treatment of a very strong antibiotic, my face broke out in the most severe rash and a vaginal infection developed as well. Knowing antibiotics cause fungal overgrowth, I requested diflucan from my doc. After a few days, my infections/rash started to clear, then when the dose was over, symptoms came back so she gave me a longer dosage time. The infection was severe but I stuck it out and everything is much better. I see where everyone is saying that the rashes and sores are the fault of the diflucan/flucanazole and for individuals very sensitive, it may be, but when my doc prescribed diflucan, she said "It's going to get worse before it gets better".. It was clear in my case, at least, that the first few days the diflucan was expelling ALL of the yeast/fungus in my body. Rash, discharge, throat, tongue were inflamed, but now, my body is healing and psychologically I feel much better as all symptoms are clearing. The side effects are worth it, for me. | F | 45 | 10 days | 7/8/2009 | 4 | Yeast infection | Raised, itchy patches on face for 1-2 days within a few hours of taking this medication. Patches then become very dry and peel for another 1-2 days. This reaction has happened the last three times I have taken this medicine. | Helps with the yeast infection but not sure it is worth the side effects I am experiencing. | F | 37 | 1 days | 7/7/2009 | 1 | Vaginal Yeast Infection | Extremely Vaginal and anal itching probably 20 min. after taking Diflucan. then itching on hands, nose, and feet, and in mouth. | I THOUGHT I WAS ALLERGIC TO YEAST...BUT IM ALLERGIC TO DIFLUCAN BECAUSE EVERYTIME I TAKE IT FOR MY YEAST INFECTION, 20 MIN. LATER IT TURNS INTO MAJOR THRUSH THROUGHOUT MY BODY. I CAN'T STOP ITCHING AND IT LASTS ABOUT 11 DAYS. I'M MISERABLE. WHAT DO I DO TO COUNTERACT THA DRUG....I'M MISERALBE. | F | 31 | 3 times | 7/7/2009 | 5 | fungal infections | none | I have had tinea versicolor, athlete's foot, and fungal infections on my chest for several years. This stuff cured it flat. I had to take a 2nd dose a while after the first but between the two of them I have had no fungal infections for years now. This is the only thing that worked. Lamisil did nothing for me. | M | 35 | 3 times | 7/1/2009 | 4 | candida throughout my body | The first day I had to take two (10mg ea.), then one each day for 2 weeks. The first day I itched all over after that I was fine. | Since I have been on it for 8 days now all vaginal odor is gone,I have a better "taste" in my mouth, and now when I have a bowel movement I don't have to vacate that end of the house. An ENT doctor gave it to me because it looks like I have fungus on my vocal chords (my voice has gotten increasingly hoarse so my regular doctor sent me to the ear,nose, throat doc. So on the 10th (July) the ENT doc. will see if the Difucan helped. My voice is better.I'm looking now for natural ways to control Candida. This site helps! | M | 54 | 2 weeks | 7/1/2009 | 4 | Yeast Infection | I took the generic form of 150 mg Difulcan, which is called Fluconazole, 4 days ago for my first yeast infection. I was on two founds of antibiotics within three weeks of each other for a sinus infection, which was the cause of my particular infection. About an hour after taking this medication, I became slightly nauseated. About two to three hours later, I also began feeling itchy on my head, face, neck, chest, arms, legs, and feet. I was worried I was having a bad reaction to the medicine, but I never developed a rash. The itchy feeling lasted for almost a day. After 4 days, my vaginal itching and burning feeling is gone, but I am still noticing a slight white discharge after I use the bathroom. My doctor said I should be feeling better within 3-5 days, so I am planning on calling my doctor tomorrow if the slight discharge is still there, just in case I need to take another round of the pill. | F | 27 | 1 days | 6/8/2009 | 1 | Yeast Infection | I too immediately after taking the generic version of diflucan, called "fluconazole" tables am now experiencing the itchy, burning, bubbling blister on my lower lip. Im not sure if this really a cold soar or if this is one of the "no so common symptoms" as they put it. I've had this occur twice never taken this medication again. | F | 30 | 1 days | 6/7/2009 | 1 | Vaginal Yeast Infection | 2 days after taking one 150mg dose, I began with headache and dizziness, then escalated to severe lower abdominal pain and cramping, diarrhea, nausea, sweating, heart palpitations, fever, and disorientation. I seriously considered going to the ER. I was bed-ridden and unable to stand up straight from the cramping for 3 days. I have also experienced itching and red blotches on my chest and neck, and now itchy rashes on my forearms where the sun hits. It has been 7 days since I took that dose, and still feel major fatigue. Also, the yeast infection hasn't completely cleared. | I will NEVER take that medication again. I feel poisoned, and wonder what damage has been done to my liver. I am taking Megaflora - 14 strains of probiotics, yoghurt and drinking lots of water to flush my system. | F | 54 | 1 days | 6/4/2009 | 5 | Systemic Fungal infection | I have a very rare disease in which I do not produce antibodies. In addition to intravenous antibody treatment I spend a great deal of time on antibiotices which leads to fungal infections. The only side effect is that I am feeling 100% better than I did before I started taking it! | Great drug! | M | 42 | 3 days | 6/3/2009 | 4 | Yeast Infection after antibiotics | I used to be able to take diflucan after antibiotics with no symptoms, but in the last 5 months I have been on antibiotics 3 times. Each time I would take difulcan. Within a few hours of taking it, my lower lip would swell, burn, and eventually blister. I thought it was just a severe cold sore from my peanut allergy, but my usual valtrex wasn't working. Since it stays in your body for so long, it would continue to swell and blister for 3 days and then start to go down. The last time I took it I ended up with a bacterial infection in the sore, so more antibiotics, another huge cold sore. It's safe to say I won't be taking it again, but I'm not sure what to do the next time I'm on antibiotics. | F | 33 | 1 days | 4/25/2009 | 4 | yeast infection | none | I know there are negative reviews of this, but it worked perfectly for my first yeast infection. However the infection returned less than two months later. This pill is good for the first time you have a yeast infection, but I would not recommend it further than that. If the infection comes back, try treating it yourself, and I would recommend a daily lactobacillus acidophilus supplement to keep them from returning. | F | 21 | 1 days | 4/4/2009 | 1 | yeast infection | difficulty breathing, thrush, cuts in tongue | I have found that a better way to treat yeast infections is with probiotics and following a candita diet. The side effects of the diflucan are not worth it. I have also begun to see a colon hydrotherapist (colonics) and I can see the yeast leaving my body. I have been buying yogurt with the probiotics, I take a probiotic as a supplement and I am watching what I eat. I am feeling better than I have in a long time and will never take this medication again. | F | 44 | 1 months | 2/23/2009 | 2 | Vaginal Thrush | Oral thrush after taking diflucan | I have been taking diflucan with no side effect and the medicine has somewhat helped me before. However, a few minutes after I took my last diflucan (which was a few days ago) I developed itchyness on all my body part that are moist, vagina, mouth (tongue more itchy than other part of the mouth) even ears. Then a few days later I feel metallic taste in my mouth followed by the forming up of white patches on the inner part of my tongue and finally cuts form on tongue and on the wall of my mouth that looks like big ulcers came out. It happened the last time when I took diflucan but I didn't notice it as I thought the symptoms were more like food alergy reaction (tongue itchy like I have been eating pineaple) but now I realised that diflucan was the culprit as I remember that at the end of 2007 I was getting the same thing for the 1st time and thought they were just common mouth ulcers. | F | 37 | 1 days | 2/12/2009 | 1 | toe-nail fungus | weakness, extreme muscle fatigue in arms legs, especially knees to the point of total weakness and even now i have not been able to get strength back due to damage over time from this drug | I was put on diflucan once a week for toe nail fungus until toe-nails grew out which takes from 6 months to a year, it would come back after being off it for a period of time so i would take it again in between being pregnant | F | 40 | 3 years | 1/30/2009 | 4 | yeast infection | I have been taking pulse diflucan 50 mg, 1 tablet every 3 days for yeast infections due to antibiotics (for lyme.) The diflucan works great, but my natural care MD says it has fluoride in it, and that fluoride can be real detrimental to the body. There's a lot of info on the internet about harmful effects of fluoride. | Fluoride can substitute for iodine inside the body, and it can "lock up" the thyroid hormones, making them unusable by the thyroid. :-( | F | 53 | 4 months | 1/25/2009 | 5 | yeast infection | no negative side effects. Positive one include reduced skin rashes and rarely have cold sores any longer. | Typically I need to take 2 pills at 72 hour intervals to knock out the yeast infection. Once it is gone it is such a relief. I have suffered from yeast infections since teen years. Now when I get an antibiotic from the Doctor I request one for the Diflucan. | F | 42 | 9 years | 12/4/2008 | 3 | Chronic Yeast Infections | headaches | This medication is helpful, but when using it, I couldn't go 30 days without a returning yeast infection. On this site, someone recommended getting *refrigerated* 'Pro-biotic' drinks from the health food store. I began taking one, twice per week - and I've gone four MONTHS without a yeast infection...... Yay!!!! They are amazing little drinks, much more effective than ordinary acidophilus choices. The taste is like strong buttermilk - not so great - but so 'worth it'!!! It's a 'natural way' to go, plus zero side effects, like the Diflucan can bring at times. I am SO grateful to whomever it was that left the info on here, for me to be able to cure myself - so.... I had to write this, to pass it on. Good luck and 'happy health' :-) | F | 45 | 2 years | 11/1/2008 | 3 | Yeast infection | Swelling of lower lip, itchy lip border, blisters | This constellation of symptoms seems to be a fixed drug reaction to the Diflucan. It happened the last time I took it also. | F | 33 | 1 days | 10/16/2008 |