CLOTRIMAZOLE vs KETOCONAZOLE

Stats at the bottom of this post. (This is a re-post that I also wrote on /r/DiagnoseMe, I didn't know this sub existed until just now.) There's something wrong with me and I don't know what it is. It's been getting steadily worse over the past seven years or so. I'm exhausted all the time, shaky al

I got these dime sized itchy spots that started when i was about 11 weeks pregnant so february 2025. My OBGYN said its just eczema and can happen during pregnancy. The spots were so itchy they prescribed me Triamcimalone 0.5% in July 2025 but it didnt seem to help. Fast forward to Jan 2026 I saw my

Hi! I initially posted this on r/DermatologyQuestions and a commenter suggested I put it here as well. I'm new to reddit and this sub so hopefully I get everything right. I'm Australian by the way. Bit of a long one but here goes: In March 2019 I (25F, 172cm, 70kg, caucasian) noticed a small ann

*UPDATE* ***Thank you all so much for your help. Learning that our current recommended treatment wasn’t cutting it because of responses received here, we called the peds derm and they fit her in SAME DAY. Baby has nummular eczema. Treatment is 2 wks, 2x/day clobetasol ointment, if it persists move t

have had issues getting it back (phimosis) since early teens and always just did my best to keep everything as clean as i could. after many years began to get pain and irritation to the point where i went to the ER and was told i had balanitis. Prescribed Clotrimazole which lessened but never made i

So a 40 something year old female presents to the ED as above for a few weeks of dyspnea, chest tightness, lower extremity edema and now intermittent fevers. She had a low grade glioma resected one month prior and completed a short steroid course. She’s on keppra as well as clotrimazole troches for

I \[23M\] have had 3 recurring sexual partners (at different times) over the last year. 2 of the 3 have ended up getting throat problems, involving sore throat+difficulty swallowing+difficulty talking, which resulted in them having to go to the hospital to get what turned out to be Peritonsillar Abs

Medicine is a huge field and no one can know it all, but we can know more than we knew yesterday if we learn a little every day. Personally, I was curious if there's any real difference from one topical antifungal to another. I usually recommend Terbinafine (Lamisil®), but I've seen other pharm

Patient came into the pharmacy (24 hours, I’m overnight) with a rash, asking what to use Urgent care gave them some ketoconazole, but the rash is spreading. Went through the whole did you change detergents, soaps etc, nothing changed. Brought up that they started Wellbutrin 3 weeks ago. Bingo, SJS.

Today I had the following gems: - “I don’t understand why you can’t just give it to me. Ketoconazole 2% shampoo is harmless! Why do I need a prescription when it’s not much more than the 1% OTC! If I applied 1% in the morning and 1% in the evening….is that not the same thing as 2%?” - a patient w

This post is sponsored by me opening up ketoconazole 2% shampoo to find that its brightly colored orange, at least the manufacturer we carry is. Anyone else have any interesting stories?

So the other day, we got a script with the directions along the lines of “take 1 tablet by mouth, wait two hours, get sweaty, then take 1 tablet.” We called the office to verify it, and they acted like we were the morons for calling about it. Does anyone have any idea what the purpose of this is? L

I was a little confused by a question that asked if I would make ketoconazole (powder) in ointment or paste. The quickest reasoning I had was to make it in paste because this formulation contains more powder (about 20 \~ 25%) but ketoconazole is usually sold in cream. Help?*📷*

Does anyone know if it’s safe to use ketoconazole cream if the patient has an allergy to fluconazole? Or if they have a systemic allergy to flagyl but safe to use vandazole? Can’t really find anything out there and don’t really recall anything from class. Thanks in advance