Grifulvin V

I’ve been prescribing Grifulvin V for over two decades now. I remember the first time I used it—a young farmer, 22 years old, presented with these massive, boggy plaques on his forearm. The dermatology resident called it kerion. The kid was in pain, embarrassed, and had been on clotrimazole for six weeks with zero improvement. We did a KOH prep right there in the clinic. Positive for dermatophytes. I wrote him a script for Grifulvin V, 500 mg daily, micronized.