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Background: Toenail onychomycosis is a challenge for clinicians to treat. While both Itraconazole and terbinafine have proven to be effective against onychomycosis, very little is known about their comparative efficacy in achieving mycological and ...
Trivedi N, Shah P
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A Week of Oral Terbinafine Pulse Regimen Every Three Months to Treat all Dermatophyte Onychomycosis
Terbinafine has proved to treat numerous fungal infections, including onychomycosis, successfully. Due to its liver metabolization and dependency on the cytochrome P450 enzyme complex, undesirable drug interaction are highly probable.
Anarosa B. Sprenger+3 more
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ABSTRACT Background Oral terbinafine (TBF) is the drug of choice for onychomycosis management. To treat and heal the rough and thick nail tissue affected by fungal agents, a high dose and plasma concentration of this drug is necessary. This, however, poses a life‐threatening risk due to the cytotoxic side effects, drug–drug interactions, and adverse ...
Shima Parsay+11 more
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Update on terbinafine with a focus on dermatophytoses
Since terbinafine was introduced on the world market 17 years ago, it has become the leading antifungal for the treatment of superficial fungal infections, aided by unique pharmacologic and microbiologic profiles. This article reviews mode of action, antimycotic spectrum and disposition profile of terbinafine.
Susan M. Abdel-Rahman, Jason G. Newland
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Background – Malassezia pachydermatis (MP) is implicated in severe dermatitis and otitis externa (OE) of companion animals and recently gained attention for its increasing resistance to azole compounds. For this reason, developing novel therapeutic strategies is of great interest. In a previous work, we used reference yeast isolates to evaluate several
Costanza Spadini+11 more
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Recalcitrant dermatophytoses are on the rise in India. High MICs of terbinafine (TRB) and squalene epoxidase (SQLE) gene mutations conferring resistance in Trichophyton spp. ABSTRACT Recalcitrant dermatophytoses are on the rise in India.
A. Khurana+8 more
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Von Zumbusch’s pustular psoriasis associated with oral terbinafine
Adverse skin reactions have been reported in 2.7% of patients receiving oral terbinafine. Less common but life-threatening reactions include acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP), Stevens-Johnson syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis ...
Naoufal Hjira+5 more
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ABSTRACT Purpose Tamoxifen is guideline treatment for premenopausal women with estrogen receptor‐positive (ER+) breast cancer. Therapeutic efficacy relies partly on tamoxifen biotransformation by CYP2D6, CYP2C19, and CYP3A4 enzymes. We conducted a cohort study to evaluate whether concomitant prescription of drugs that inhibit these enzymes impacted ...
Kirsten M. Woolpert+11 more
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ABSTRACT Pharmacogenomics remains underutilized in pediatric oncology, despite the existence of evidence‐based guidelines. Implementation of pharmacogenomics‐informed prescribing could improve medication safety and efficacy in pediatric oncology patients, who are at high risk of adverse drug reactions.
Claire Moore+8 more
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Terbinafine is an antifungal agent used in the treatment of hair, nail, and skin dermatophyte infections. Skin side effects to terbinafine are not common.
Philip R. Cohen, C. Erickson, A. Calame
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