Indications & Uses
Osapiderm is indicated for:
Dosage Reference
Reference Information Only
Dosages shown are general references from official sources. Always consult your doctor or pharmacist for personalized dosing.
Adults:
Posaconazole Tablets can be taken with or without food. The tablets should be swallowed whole with water and should not be crushed, chewed, or broken.Loading Dose: 300 mg (3 Tablets) twice a day on the first day.Maintenance Dose: 300 mg (3 Tablets) once a day from the second day.Duration of therapy should be based on the severity of the underlying disease, recovery from immunosuppression and clinical response.
Side Effects
Common treatment-emergent adverse reactions in studies with Posanox are diarrhea, nausea, fever, vomiting, headache, coughing and hypokalemia.
Cautions & Contraindications
Contraindications
Posaconazole is contraindicated in persons with known hypersensitivity to Posaconazole or other azole antifungal agents. Co-administration with ergot alkaloids, CYP3A4 substrates, Terfenadine, Astemizole, Cisapride, Pimozide, Halofantrine or Quinidine since this may result in increased plasma concentrations of these medicinal products leading to QTc prolongation and rare occurrences of torsades de pointes, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors simvastatin, lovastatin and atorvastatin is contraindicated.