Abstract

ANTIFUNGAL MARKER

Shubhrat Maheshwari* and Dr. Zubair Akhtar

Abstract

Antifungal marker is a pharmaceutical device used to deliver a controlled released medication at a targeted point against the fungal infection for treating and preventing the fungicide of fungistatic by applying in infected area. Pharmaceutics is the discipline of pharmacy that deals with the process of turning new dosage form of the oldest drug by changing their route of administration. Fluconazole is an imidazole derivative used for treating local and systemic fungal infection. The oral and intravenous use of fluconazole has many side effects. Commercially marker preparation are not available in market and the half life of fluconazole is 27 to 34 hours once a daily dose. Currently 50mg, 100mg, 150mg and 200mg tablets are available and intravenous formulation exits in 200 to 400 doses. There is a higher possibility of cost effectiveness by applying marker one time it will provide you relief from itching and provide cooling effect by releasing the effective dose that present in marker so it provide work like sustain and controlled release in a targeted area.

Keywords: Marker, antifungal, sustain, targeted.