I've heard about the wonders of Diflucan for treating yeast before so I decided to Google "Diflucan, dangers" and found this: http://www.yourlawyer.com/newsletter/read/48 Exerpt: Granted, yeast infections can be painful, embarrassing and extremely uncomfortable, yet is any of that serious enough to risk the following published dangers: * DIFLUCAN has been associated with rare cases of serious hepatic (liver) toxicity, including fatalities. This danger bears no obvious relationship to total daily dose, duration of therapy, sex or age of patient. * Anaphylaxis (allergic reaction) in rare cases. * Exfoliative skin disorders (detachment and shedding of skin) in rare cases. In patients with serious underlying diseases, these disorders can be fatal in rare cases. * Kidney problems ranging from mild to failure to death. * A 26% incidence of drug related adverse events as opposed to only 16% for intravaginal agents. * Clinically or potentially significant drug interactions between DIFLUCAN and the following have been observed: Oral hypoglycemics (ex. glyburide), Coumarin-type anticoagulants, Phenytoin, Cyclosporine, Rifampin, Theophylline, Terfenadine, Cisapride, Astemizole, Rifabutin, and Tacrolimus. These interactions may cause reactions such as death, kidney impairment, blood disorders or chemical imbalance, serious cardiac dysrhythmias, cardiac "events", nephrotoxicity as well as other, yet unknown, reactions. * (Based on pregnant animal testing) - Impairment of material weight gain, abortion, increased placental weights, fetal abnormalities. * Although there are no adequate and well controlled studies in pregnant women, there have been reports of multiple congenital abnormalities in infants whose mothers were treated for three (3) or more months with high dosages of DIFLUCAN. Thus, DIFLUCAN should only be used in pregnancy "if the potential benefit justifies the possible risk to the fetus." * Headache. * Nausea, vomiting. * Abdominal pain. * Skin rash. * Diarrhea. * Not recommended for use by nursing mothers. * Seizures, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, alopecia, blood and metabolic disorders have occurred "under conditions where a causal association is uncertain." *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome