Infectious Disease Compendium

Clotrimazole ( Desenex®, Gyne-Lotrimin®, Lotrimin®, Lotrisone®)

Dosing

CrCl Formula

Suck one 10 mg tab 5x day. They don't taste all that bad. Not that I have tried one.

Also a cream, ointment, and vaginal suppository.

5 times a day for two weeks for thrush, bid for 2 to 8 weeks for skin infections and qd for 3 or 7 days for vaginal infections.

Important side effects

Important drug interactions

Rants and Screeds

Pearls

Treatment of choice

Use for

Candida thrush and esophagitis. Vaginal yeast infections, diaper rash, pityriasis versicolor, athlete's foot, and jock itch.

Don't use for

Class

Imidazole.

Last Update: 09/25/19.