Hey all, welcome back to the Real Life Pharmacology podcast. I'm your host, pharmacist,

Derek Christensen. Thank you so much for listening today. So always go check out real life pharmacology.com.

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So definitely go check it out if you're thinking of a fairly common drug that's being used.

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those at real-life pharmacology.com. All right, the drug of the day today is isavukonazole.

Brand name of this medication is Cresemba, and this drug is under the class of azal antifungals.

But there definitely are some important differences with this agent that I think you definitely

need to be aware of for sure.

So first off, you may see the drug stated or its salt form stated instead of isofuconazole.

You may see isovuconazoneum sulfate as the actual drug.

And that's the reason for that is it is a pro-drug. So it's immediately cleaved into the active drug. And that's the reason for that is it is a pro-drug. So it's immediately cleaved into the

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