Question

proper, optimal therapy of HIV/AIDS, including not only pharmacologic considerations but also economic and compliance factors. 6. Discuss what azole antifungal drugs are and give a couple of examples; also discuss why, when these drugs are given systemically, can be a major cause of interactions with other drugs by inhibiting their hepatic metabolism. 7. Discuss the current guidelines or recommendations for prophylactic influenza vaccination and identify high-risk populations most likely to benefit from prophylaxis. Also, discuss why the vaccines seem to keep changing from one flu season to the next. 8. Discuss the 3 main reasons for changing antiretroviral therapy and summarize some reasonable guidelines for the process of changing treatment.

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6.Azole is a group of medication which is used to treat fungal infections. It generally contains azole rings with two and three nitrogen rings in the medication. The most commonly used medication to treat the fungal infection are clotrimazole, fluconazole,ketoconazole, etc.,These drugs are used to treat fungal infection on the skin and in the mouth. One of the most commonly used systematic fungal infection drug is Diflucan. This drug is used to treat the candidiasis in the perineal region ,meningitis due to cryptococcal infection ,patient who are posted for bone marrow transplantation .They interact with drugs like Amiodorone, Amphoterecin B, Azithromycin, Celecoxib, Fentanyl,etc.,