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Echinocandins offer antifungal therapy with low toxicity, few drug-drug interactions.(Infectious Diseases)McNamara, Damian MIAMI -- The echinocandin antifungal agents appear to have little significant toxicity and may prove safer than the azoles or amphotericin B in terms of potential interactions, said Paul O. Gubbins, Pharm.D.
"Echinocandins are an exciting new class. To date, there are few significant drug-drug interactions," he said at a meeting on fungal infections sponsored by Imedex.
The echinocandin caspofungin (Cancidas) has "no significant interaction" with cytochrome P-450 (CYP450) metabolism or P-glycoprotein, according to product labeling. The most abundant ...
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