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Prescribed for Aspergillosis - Invasive, Candidemia, Blastomycosis, Coccidioidomycosis - Meningitis, Cutaneous Fungal Infection, Esophageal Candidiasis, Eumycetoma, Fungal Infection - Internal and... View more

Prescribed for Candida Urinary Tract Infection, Aspergillosis - Aspergilloma, Aspergillosis - Invasive, Blastomycosis, Onychomycosis - Fingernail, Tinea Versicolor, Tinea Capitis, Systemic Fungal... View more

Prescribed for Aspergillosis - Invasive, Candidemia, Blastomycosis, Coccidioidomycosis - Meningitis, Cutaneous Fungal Infection, Esophageal Candidiasis, Eumycetoma, Fungal Infection - Internal and... View more

Prescription only

Prescription only

Prescription only

Ratings & Reviews

Recent helpful reviews
8.7
4 Reviews

For Systemic Fungal Infection: The drug is effective but has a prohibitive price, thus its very expensive.

8 / 10
7.6
33 Reviews

For Histoplasmosis: Very tired

7 / 10

For Histoplasmosis: Skin felt burning hot first 3 days & very tired

8 / 10
9.0
3 Reviews

For Candidemia: I were prescribed Pfizer VFend by my Dr for a period of 60 days. I was told that there is no generic available for VFend. Medical Aid only paid for 30 day treatment. Medicine is excellent but totally too expensive at a cost of R34 000 (rand) per month.

9 / 10

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Drug Class

Side Effects

Commonly reported side effects include: blurred vision, vision color changes, visual disturbance, enhanced visual perception.

See the full voriconazole side effects document.

Commonly reported side effects include: nausea.

See the full itraconazole side effects document.

Common side effects include: blurred vision, vision color changes, visual disturbance, enhanced visual perception.

See the full Vfend side effects document.

Pricing and Coupons

* Prices are without insurance
Quantity 20 each
Dosage 200 mg
Per Unit* $28.58
Cost* $571.67

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Quantity 28 each
Dosage 100 mg
Per Unit* $6.80
Cost* $190.41

View all itraconazole prices

Quantity 1 powder for injection
Dosage 200 mg
Per Unit* $72.14 - $165.26
Cost* $72.14 - $165.26

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Generic Availability

Yes (this medicine)

Yes (this medicine)

Yes

Dosage Form(s) Available
  • Intravenous powder for injection
  • Oral powder for reconstitution
  • Oral tablet
  • Oral capsule
  • Oral solution
  • Intravenous powder for injection
  • Oral powder for reconstitution
  • Oral tablet

Brand Names
Vfend Onmel, Sporanox, Tolsura

N/A

Half Life

The half-life of a drug is the time taken for the plasma concentration of a drug to reduce to half its original value.

14 hours

42 hours

14 hours

CSA Schedule**

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N
Not a controlled drug

Is not subject to the Controlled Substances Act.
N
Not a controlled drug

Is not subject to the Controlled Substances Act.
N
Not a controlled drug

Is not subject to the Controlled Substances Act.

Pregnancy Category
D
Category D Positive evidence of risk

See the full Pregnancy Warnings document.
C
Category C Risk cannot be ruled out

See the full Pregnancy Warnings document.
D
Category D Positive evidence of risk

See the full Pregnancy Warnings document.

FDA Alerts

N/A

N/A

N/A

Drug Interactions

A total of 595 drugs are known to interact with voriconazole:

  • 215 major drug interactions (635 brand and generic names)
  • 359 moderate drug interactions (1623 brand and generic names)
  • 21 minor drug interactions (71 brand and generic names)

A total of 458 drugs are known to interact with itraconazole:

  • 187 major drug interactions (574 brand and generic names)
  • 226 moderate drug interactions (1043 brand and generic names)
  • 45 minor drug interactions (145 brand and generic names)

A total of 595 drugs are known to interact with Vfend:

  • 215 major drug interactions (635 brand and generic names)
  • 359 moderate drug interactions (1623 brand and generic names)
  • 21 minor drug interactions (71 brand and generic names)

Alcohol/Food/Lifestyle Interactions
  • You may experience reduced absorption of voriconazole in the presence of food. Take voriconazole... View more
  • Food increases the absorption of itraconazole capsules but decreases the absorption of itraconazole... View more
  • You may experience reduced absorption of voriconazole in the presence of food. Take voriconazole... View more

Disease Interactions

First Approval Date

May 24, 2002

September 11, 1992

May 24, 2002

WADA Class

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N/A

N/A

N/A

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** The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) schedule information displayed applies to substances regulated under federal law. There may be variations in CSA schedules between individual states.

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