Drug Groups

approved

Description

Hydroxystilbamidine Isethionate is used in the therapy of some patients with nonprogressive blastomycosis of the skin, and pulmonary or systemic blastomycosis in children, with fewer side effects than amphotericin B. Hydroxystilbamidine Isethionate is also used in pathology for diagnostic purposes.

Indication

Used in the treatment of nonprogressive blastomycosis of the skin and other mycoses.

Pharmacology

Hydroxystilbamidine isethionate is a member of the diamidines, a large family of biochemially and pharmacologically interesting compounds. It has a rather unusual combination of properties, exhibiting antitrypanosomal, antimaliarial, antifungal and carcinostatic activities. It also appears to act as an immunosuppressant. This drug may be used in the treatment of blastomycosis, a disease cased by the dimorphic fungus or mold called Blastomyces dermatitids. Blastomycosis is a pulmonary infection that can lead to fever, cough and (rarely) symptoms similar to tuberculosis. Hydroxystilbamidine has largely been replaced with amphotericin B.

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