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I removed the mention that Clotrimazole can 'cure' fungal nail infections. According to the container on the clotrimazole cream that I have, it says "This product is not effective on the scalp or nails." If I remember correctly, this same text is added to many of the topical antifungal medicines because of an FDA directive. ^Blank ^Verse 13:36, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Efficacy

It should be noted that clotrimazole is not as effective as terbinafine at clearing up dermatophytic fungi, —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eedo Bee (talk • contribs) 09:43, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Request: Need information. Xaaan5 (talk) 03:38, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Medical uses section needs improving

When discussing availability and legal category (i.e. whether on prescription or over-the-counter) it is important to recognise that this can vary from country to country. It is not stated what country or countries it is on prescription, available as drops etc. Also, no mention of it's availability in pessary form for the treatment of vaginal thrush.

"Fungal infections can be slow to clear up, so the usual course for an anti-fungal agent is, in general, longer than the typical 3–7 days of an antibiotic." Not a general rule as it depends largely on the nature/location of the infection e.g. vaginal thrush will often clear up with a single dose of a pessary or oral medication such as fluconazole.

Suggest changing last sentence also, as clotrimazole available in combination with variety of steroids e.g. hydrocortisone

Cimitidine

Was redirected from Cimitidine, why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.238.38.44 (talk) 10:22, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I changed the target of the redirect cimitidine to cimetidine as a plausible misspelling. Not sure why it was previously sent here. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:06, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

clotrimazole

clotrimazole is one antibiotik, or no? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.69.6.85 (talk) 12:10, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No. As the first line of the article states, clotrimazole is an antifungal drug. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:43, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Add contraindications section, organize the medical uses into subsections of common different indications the medication is used for and whether it is available in OTC or prescription formulations Juliechaeoon (talk) 20:54, 30 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please make sure the other members of your group assign themselves to this article before making their edits. Thanks. Health policy (talk) 03:29, 31 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Combination with corticosteroids

At present the article suggests that clotrimazole can be combined with corticosteroids to treat ringworm, jock itch, or athlete's foot. The page on tinea incognito suggests that this is only appropriate for ringworm on an exposed part of the body, which is not the case for jock itch or for athlete's foot. Unfortunately they have not cited a source so I am not making changes to either article, but someone with the knowledge and relevant sources should clarify in both articles when clotrimazole can and cannot be used with corticosteroids. Anditres (talk) 23:12, 8 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Antibacterial activities against Staph and Strep

It may be worth adding a section on antibacterial activities of Clotrimazole against certain Staph/Strep coccus bacteria.

See Table2 here: https://medicaljournalssweden.se/actadv/article/view/7612/11097 Found originally through this review: https://academic.oup.com/jambio/article/117/3/611/6716537

Not active against Gram-negatives supported by Alsterholm Table2 above, and by: Voogd and van der Stel (1983). Are econazole, miconazole and clotrimazole mutagenic to bacteria? Mutation Research, 120 (1983) 91-95 91, which shows no mutational ability against E. coli, K. pneumoniae, and S. typhimurium.

Cheers -- Crawdaunt (talk) 22:48, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]