Description

Nizoral (generic name: ketoconazole; brand names include: Fung) is an antifungal medication.

Nizoral tablets are used to treat:

Fungal infections of the skin, hair and mucous membrane that cannot be treated by applying a medicine directly to the infected area
Persistent fungal infections of the vagina
Fungal infections of the mouth, throat and stomach, intestines or other internal organs

Nizoral is also used to treat fungal infections that have not responded to griseofulvin, another antifungal medication.

Fungi are organisms normally found on the skin and in moist areas of the body. When the skin is injured or chronically moistened, or normal bacteria flora of the body are altered due to prolonged antibiotic treatment, fungus can proliferate to cause inflammation of the skin or moist body areas. Fungus organisms can also infect the lungs and other body tissues especially in patients with weakened immune systems.

Nizoral works by killing the fungus or yeast causing the infection.