Diflucan is the trade name of fluconazole, an antifungal antibiotic. It is used to treat a number of infections that are caused by fungus, which includes contaminations that can afflict practically all the areas of the human body, including the mouth and throat region, lungs, esophagus, bladder, genital organs and blood. Diflucan is also often prescribed preventively to protect patients who have gone through serious cancer treatment or bone marrow transplantation, as well as AIDS/HIV invalids, from infections of this sort.

Being an antibacterial drug, Diflucan will not help you treat a common cold or flu as those are viral infections. Before taking Diflucan you need to be sure that your problem has been provoked by fungus bacteria, that is why it would be unwise to take it without a prescribtion from your physician. When the prescribtion is received, you should follow it closely thus avoiding overdoses and warps from the intended treatment term.

The dose depends heavily on the type of infection you have. Fungus-generated vaginal infections very often make for a single pill per day whereas other conditions may call for doubling the amount of Diflucan in the first days and decreasing it slowly. If you have been following the prescribtion plan precisely and your symptoms have yet to disappear, contact your doctor about it.