Toenail Fungus Anti-fungal Oral Medication is one of the ways doctors can help you get rid of toenail fungus. Your dermatologist might advise oral medication to treat your fungal nail infection. Taking antifungal medication in the form of pills the medicine enters your bloodstream and reaches your nail. Therefore, making your liver work hard to filter out the blood.

Anti-fungal medications can cause side effects. And these side effects range from headaches, skin rashes, or nausea to liver damage. On very rare occasions patients experience liver failure. It can even result in death. Therefore, doctors avoid recommending these medications to patients with heart failure or liver disease.

Oral medications kill the fungus and new clear nails grow, gradually replacing the infected nail. Typically, oral medications are taken for 3 months or more. It takes at least 6 months to get rid of the fungal infection this way. Recurrent infections can happen if you don’t take the entire course of oral antifungal pills. Or if you continue to expose your nails to a dark and damp environment (shoes for example).

Toenail fungus Anti-fungal Oral Medication often clears all fungal infections present in the body or on the skin. As a result of taking the medication, you might be fungus-free but have massive side effects. This is why all of Laser Nail Therapy providers choose only safe and effective treatment options.

Laser Treatment for Toenail Fungus

If you have caught nail fungus, it can be easily treated using the FDA-approved PinPointe laser, which typically only takes on treatment. Other treatments like topical solutions and oral medication are not as effective. Topical solutions have a very low cure rate. This is because the solution does not penetrate all the way through the nail bed.  This is because it can lead to liver toxicity. You would need to have consistent blood tests throughout the course of taking the medication. 

Our nail doctor in Santa Ana, CA recommends this treatment for Toenail Fungus. The PinPointe Laser treatment has the highest cure rate in the market. It has no side effects and no recovery period. As a result, you can go about your daily activities right after the treatment. Also, it is not painful.

If you have any signs of nail fungus, call us at (800) 672-0625 or visit our website for more information on our doctors at one of our over 150 locations.