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Fluconazole

Other Brand Names: Diflucan

Revised:4/1/2000

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Diflucan is the first in a group of antifungal medicines that also includes Nizoral and Sporanox.

It is prescribed as a single-dose treatment for vaginal yeast infections.

It is also used to treat thrush and has been prescribed for cryptococcal meningitis in patients with HIV.

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