TAM (Treatments and Medicines) NHS Highland
Important: Therapy notes
Important: Formulation and dosage details
Formulation:
Oral suspension 50mg/5mL
Important: Formulation and dosage details
Formulation:
Infusion 200mg/100mL
Antifungal drugs (Formulary)
- Preparations for the treatment of vaginal candidiasis are included in Vaginal and vulval conditions
- For oropharyngeal infections in Drugs acting on the oropharynx
- For dermatological infections in Anti-infective skin preparations.
Important: Therapy notes
Important: Formulation and dosage details
Formulation:
Oral liquid 50mg/5mL
Dosage:
For haematology patients who are, or are likely to become, neutropenic, use the oral liquid in a dose of 200mg twice daily.
Important: Therapy notes
- Oral terbinafine is reserved for proven dermatophyte infections.
- Take nail clippings: start therapy only if infection is confirmed by laboratory.
- Idiosyncratic liver reactions occur rarely with terbinafine; see BNF monitoring requirements. Advise patients to report immediately any signs or symptoms suggestive of liver dysfunction.
- For children seek advice from Dermatology.