Terbinafine clears intractable onychomycosis

Terbinafine 250 mg/day given for 4 months cleared intractable onychomycosis in a man who had been previously treated with griseofulvin and ketoconazole without success. This is ' ... the first use in New Zealand of the drug, terbinafine (Lamisil), in a case of intractable onychomycosis'. Eastcott DF. Terbinafine and onychomycosis. New Zealand Medical Journal 104: 17.23 Jan 1991 [Summarised from a leiter to the Editor)

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