Fluconazole for Esophageal Candidiasis User Reviews

• Bob...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 19, 2024

"I had to take a 14-day course of this. I had no side effects whatsoever. No headaches, no stomach aches, absolutely nothing. All I did was eat food 1 hour before and drink plenty of water after taking the pill. People who are experiencing headaches and feeling miserable. It’s most likely because of Candida die-off. I did take a week of oregano oil before I took this, which killed off some of the Candida ahead of time. This medicine works well and killed my Candida."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 7, 2019

Fluconazole "ShugarCookie. This medicine cleared up my infection in 3 days. So, 10 for efficacy. Solid 0 with regard to side effects. It's like a vision quest! I made it through 25 days of these 100 mg demons...when I landed in the hospital with dangerously low blood serum sodium. The side effects are over the moon. I had sour stomach, loss of coordination, loss of sleep and appetite, constipation, rapid heartbeat, weakness, dizziness, and possible seizures, tremors, jumpiness, confusion. There is no way I could drive a car on this. This pill will chew you up and spit you out. But it cleared up my esophageal thrush in no time flat. I'm not sure if 30 days is overkill or not. I couldn't tolerate it from the first week! Maybe I'm allergic to it, as my upper lip is split since I began the course? Don't be me and ignore the side effects and end up in the emergency room."

• jim...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 9, 2019

Fluconazole "My experience was the same as the first reviewer on this page. Bad side effects, pretty much the same as above, and add mood swings and depressed mood. Had to be switched to another antifungal that isn't much better. In addition, it turns out that there are possible/probable interactions with other meds I am taking. Some of them quite serious. If I could find this information in less than five minutes, why can't a doctor or pharmacist? Some of these interactions can be life-threatening. I should say that I am very sensitive to many antibiotics and antifungals, so your mileage may vary."

• Wil...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 22, 2018

"I was so scared of this one-dose pill because of some of these reviews that I almost talked myself out of taking it despite desperately needing it. So glad I took it! I ended up cutting it in half, took one around 8:30 a.m., experienced some nausea which could have turned to vomiting if I had anything in my stomach. Took the next at noon, experienced some random mild belly cramping - nothing unbearable. It's now almost 6 p.m. and I've got a very mild headache with some random light itching. Absolutely nothing major, and the best news ever is I finally got to eat without choking! I'll update if anything significant happens, otherwise... Just take the pill. You've got it because you need it. I've also been taking Nystatin 4x daily with it and am normally very anti-medication/Dr. Phobic/side effect sensitive. Don't let reviews upset you. Some of them sound exaggerated anyway."

• Diz...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 2, 2019

Fluconazole "I was prescribed Diflucan in the ER for an over-the-moon sore throat I had had for 2 weeks—100 mg for 30 days. The side effects are terrible. It was approximately 2 weeks into the prescription that I began noticing just how truly weak I was. Dizziness is not the best description. More like brain fog + really severe confusion? Being too weak to walk a straight line. My depth perception is severely out of whack. I have fallen on stairs 3 times since starting this awful med. The dry skin started right off the bat. The skin on my face and neck is drying out and sloughing off like dandruff. I have a painful lip crack, moisturizer can’t beat out Diflucan. I’m constipated, I have 7 days to go. I’m going to have to muscle through it. While having vertigo, stumbling around on shaky legs, constipated, with a split lip, and no appetite whatsoever because I’m so nauseous. I do not recommend this medication at all. For me, it’s necessary. Just 7 more days of pure misery."

• She...
• November 21, 2019

"After being sick for a whole month, every test came back negative that you could think of. Finally got admitted to the hospital, and after endoscopy, found esophagus fungus. Took 200 mg of Diflucan for 14 days, which I made it to the last pill due to the horrible side effects of nausea, sick to stomach, massive headache, itching, rapid heart rate, tremors, lost taste for everything, anxiety that I have not ever had before, stomach and body pains, brain fog, dizzy. Called the GI doctor on call, and he said to stop taking the medication, then I got a letter in the mail to take 100 mg for 21 days. With these side effects, no way. But I went ahead and took 150 mg of the one I had left, and NO WAY would I ever take this again, so they called in another antifungal that was going to cost 400.00, which I have no insurance. Plus, the pharmacy said since I had these reactions, another may do the same because of the class of drugs. Can't wait for this to leave my system."

• Ber...
• June 25, 2022

"So far, have been on it for two weeks. 200 mg per day for the first two weeks. Now 50 mg per day. No side effects at all. I still have problems swallowing and still have burps that send stuff up into my throat, but it does seem slightly easier. Am also on omeprazole for erosive gastritis, and that is slowly working too. Also, am eating smaller portions to help avoid choking and nausea."

• T M...
• January 23, 2009

Fluconazole "Worked very well. I had very mild side effects."

• Anonymous
• January 23, 2009

"Worked very fast, but did have mild side effects: dizziness, mild belly pain."