Polyenes

Nystatin

  • Pregnancy Category B

  • 100000 USP units/g
  • Cream, ointment, powder
  • Oral suspension: 2-5 times a day
  • Slow Dissolving Pastille (lozenge): 4-5 times a day

  • Fungistatic & fungicidal 
  • Binds to membrane sterols of susceptible Candida species, increases membrane permeability leading to leakage of essential intracytoplasmic components

  • Candida albicans & other Candida spp.
  • Ineffective against Dermatophytes

  • Burning, pruritis, rash, eczema, pain on application
  • Rarely hypersensitivity reactions

  • Insoluble in water, is not absorbed from intact skin, gastrointestinal tract or vagina