“…It seems, therefore, that the effectiveness of griseofulvin is dependent on host factors such as the immune response and a normal turnover of epidermis which tends to shed the organism into the environment. Griseofulvin remains a useful drug, surprisingly free of side effects in the doses normally used (Livingood et al, 1960). Gastric intolerance, headaches, urticaria and rashes, and leucopenia have been described.…”