There are many types of Antifungal Medicines, mainly they are classified as below:
- Oral antifungal Medicines - These are the antifungal medicines administered through oral route, it can be in either dosage forms of tablet, capsules or syrup/ suspensions.
- Topical Antifungal Medicines - These are the antifungal medicines applied topically on your skin, nails or hairs, it can be in either dosage forms of cream, lotion, ointment, gel, spray, soap, shampoo etc.
- Vaginal Antifungal - These are the antifungal medicines inserted through vaginal route, it is in the form of soft tablets or capsules of very small sizes.
- Intravenous Antifungal - These are the antifungal medicines administered through intravenous route in the form of injections.
Examples of Antifungal Medication
Clotrimazole, Miconazole, Ketoconazole, Fluconazole, Econazole, Amphotericin, Terbinafine etc.
Mechanism of Action of Antifungal Drugs
Antifungal medicines work by two mechanisms:
- It helps in inhibition of growth of fungal cells as antifungal medicines inhibit their reproduction.
- It helps in killing the cells that cause fungal infections, antifungal medicines destroyed the cell wall of fungal cells, results in death of the cell.
Side Effects of Antifungal Medicines
Rash, diarrhea, itching, redness, burning, lower abdominal pain, sickness, etc. It can also cause some severe problems in some cases like liver damage, skin reactions, allergic reactions etc.
There are many antifungal medicines are available in market in different dosage forms.
As many pharmaceutical and cosmetics manufacturers are manufacturing these medications like Affy group is one of the pharmaceutical company who involved in manufacturing of external antifungal preparations. They are the leading manufacturers of soap in India, as well as they also manufacture antifungal cream, shampoo etc.
