Talk:Nystatin

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nystatin liquid is used to treat thrush in children Suppafly 03:41, 19 January 2006 (UTC) nystatin have antitumoral effects in animal experiments and in humans

Not sure what the question is, but nystatin's main benefit is that whilst reasonably potent at killing off fungi, it is not significantly orally absorbed. Hence for peri-anal thrush it is used both as a local cream and taken orally to treat areas higher up in the anus David Ruben ^Talk 14:01, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Is that IUPAC name right? I'm not sure. - Rob