“…1,2 Until the mid-1990s the agents used to treat onychomycosis in the US were griseofulvin and ketoconazole 3 . Of the newer oral antifungal agents available for the treatment of onycho- 11 Double-blind, randomized, comparative 1000 12 months 59/72 (81.9) Walsøe et al 12 Double-blind, comparative 500 6 months 0/10 (0) ITRACONAZOLE (continuous) Arenas et al 13 Open 24 Open 400 mg ϫ 1 week 3 pulses 41/50 (82.0) Canadian package insert 25 Double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled 400 mg ϫ 1 week 3 pulses 48/78 (61.5) Evans et al 26 Double-blind, randomized comparative 400 mg ϫ 1 week 3 or 4 pulses 41/107 (38.3) Ginter et al 27 Open 400 mg ϫ 1 week 3 or 4 pulses 152/197 (77.0) Haneke et al 28 Open 400 mg ϫ 1 week 3 or 4 pulses 465/567 (82.0) Haneke et al 29 Double-blind, randomized comparative 200 3 months 400/540 (74.0) Havu et al 19 Double-blind, randomized comparative 400 mg ϫ 1 week 3 pulses 41/59 (69.5) Kejda 30 Open, randomized 400 mg ϫ 1 week 3 pulses 20/26 (75.0) Negroni et al 31 Open 400 mg ϫ 1 week 3 or 4 pulses 83/117 (71.0) Svejgaard et al 32 Double-blind, randomized comparative 400 mg ϫ 1 week 3 pulses 74/158 (47.0) Tosti et al 33 Open, randomized comparative 400 mg ϫ 1 week 4 pulses 15/20 (75.0) Wang et al 34 Open 400 mg ϫ 1 week 3 pulses 105/107 (98.1) TERBINAFINE (Continuous) Alpsoy et al 35 Open, randomized comparative 250 mg/day 3 months 19/24 (79.2) Arenas et al 13 Open 16 Double-blind, randomized comparative 250 mg/day 3 months 73/109 (67.0) Evans et al 26 Double-blind, randomized comparative 250 mg/day 3 or 4 months 81/107 (75.7) Faergemann et al 10 Double-blind, randomized comparative 250 mg/day 4 months 36/43 (83.7) Goodfield et al 37 Double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled 250 mg/day 3 months 37/45 (82.2) Havu et al 38 Double-blind, randomized comparative 250 mg/day 3 months 41/46 (89.1) Honeymann et al 20 Double-blind, randomized comparative 250 mg/day 4 months 78/82 (95.3) Kejda 30 Open, randomized 250 mg/day 3 months 19/25 (76.0) Negroni et al 31 Open 250 mg/day 3 months 60/111 (53.1) Svejgaard et al 39 Double-blind, randomized comparative 250 mg/day 3 months 19/48 (39.6) Svejgaard et a...…”