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Diflucan carries much more risk than Plan B. It can destroy your liver, and people have died from this. It's not a good candidate for over-the-counter use at all. A physician needs to screen the patient for conditions that would make the patient more likely to suffer serious side effects, and the physician needs to be available in case the side effects occur.

1) Hepatic injury: Fluconazole has been associated with rare cases of serious hepatic toxicity, including fatalities primarily in patients with serious underlying medical conditions. In cases of fluconazole associated hepatotoxicity, no obvious relationship to total daily dose, duration of therapy, sex or age of the patient has been observed. Fluconazole hepatotoxicity has usually, but not always, been reversible on discontinuation of therapy. Patients who develop abnormal liver function tests during fluconazole therapy should be monitored for the development of more severe hepatic injury. Fluconazole should be discontinued if clinical signs and symptoms consistent with liver disease develop that may be attributable to fluconazole.

http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/flucon_wcp.htm

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