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 CLOTRIMAZOLE BRAND NAME:- SURFAZ, CLODERM, 1℅ lotion, cream, powder; 100mg vaginal tab. CANDID 1℅  Cream, mouth paint, powder.  CLOTRIMAZOLE is an antifungal medication. It kills and stops the growth of the fungi by destroying its cell membrane, thereby treating your skin infection. PHARMACODYANIMCS:-  Clotrimazole is an imidazole derivative which works by inhibiting the growth of individual Candida or fungal cells by altering the permeability of the fungal cell wall.It binds to phospholipids in the cell membrane and inhibits the biosynthesis of ergosterol and other sterols required for cell membrane production. Clotrimazole may slow fungal growth or result in fungal cell death. MECHANISM OF ACTION:- Clotrimazole exerts its action primarily by damaging the permeability barrier in the fungal cytoplasmic membrane. Clotrimazole thereby inhibits the biosynthesis of ergosterol in a concentration-dependent manner by inhibiting the demethylation of 14 alpha lanosterol.When...