Diflucan for use in the tank?

[legrunt]

Not sure if this is the correct forum to ask this.. sorry if it's not.

I've been reading about using fluconazole to fight bryopsis... But due to all the lockdowns and flight restrictions, I'm having trouble finding stuff like reef flux or other reef specific fluconazole... So i was wondering if i could just go to a pharmacy and get diflucan, which is a human drug and use that instead...

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Not sure if this is the correct forum to ask this.. sorry if it's not.

I've been reading about using fluconazole to fight bryopsis... But due to all the lockdowns and flight restrictions, I'm having trouble finding stuff like reef flux or other reef specific fluconazole... So i was wondering if i could just go to a pharmacy and get diflucan, which is a human drug and use that instead...

You will need a prescription in the US.

 

[legrunt]

You will need a prescription in the US.

Oh, I'm not in the US. I'm in Malaysia where so far, the only thing pharmacies are really strict about are antibiotics and sleeping pills. Most other stuff, the pharmacists are pretty much empowered to dispense.

 

[legrunt]

I found a site listing the ingredients.
Any concerns?

DIFLUCAN Tablets contain 50, 100, 150, or 200 mg of fluconazole and the following inactive ingredients: microcrystalline cellulose, dibasic calcium phosphate anhydrous, povidone, croscarmellose sodium, FD&C Red No. 40 aluminum lake dye, and magnesium stearate.