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Alcohol and Terbinafine: what the published research says

PubMed indexes 5 records that name Alcohol and Terbinafine together, either in the title or in an interaction, co-administration, or pharmacokinetic context. Each one is listed below with its study design and, where the abstract states one, the authors’ own conclusion, quoted and linked. This page reports that literature. It does not tell you whether to combine them.

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An evidence index, not guidance.

Every statement below is attributed to a named, dated, linked source.

This page lists published research relevant to Alcohol and Terbinafine. It deliberately does not state whether the combination is safe, whether it interacts, in which direction, at what dose, or how far apart to take them.

The research

5 studies naming Alcohol and Terbinafine.

Strongest relevance first: papers naming both substances in the title, then human trials and systematic reviews.

Formulation, characterization, and in vitro antifungal evaluation of liposomal terbinafine prepared by the ethanol injection method.

Current medical mycology · 2025 · PMID 41122127

“Based on the results, F12, with its sub-100 nm size, sustained release, and reduced cytotoxicity, emerged as a promising candidate for brain-targeted antifungal therapy. Its stability and high encapsulation efficiency support further evaluation in fungal isolates and in vivo models to optimize central nervous system biodistribution and therapeutic efficacy.”

Arbabi et al. · Authors' conclusion

Names both Alcohol and Terbinafine in its title.

Effect of ethanol and isopropyl myristate on the availability of topical terbinafine in human stratum corneum, in vivo.

International journal of pharmaceutics · 2001 · PMID 11337162

Human subjects

“While D/L(2) for TBF derived from the three vehicles remained essentially constant, the drug's partitioning into the SC was significantly higher from formulations containing ethanol. Both the semi-quantitative infrared data and the more rigorous HPLC results supported these deductions.”

Alberti et al. · Authors' conclusion

Names both Alcohol and Terbinafine in its title.

Ethosomes, binary ethosomes and transfersomes of terbinafine hydrochloride: a comparative study.

Archives of pharmacal research · 2012 · PMID 22297749

Comparative StudyAnimal study

“These results indicated the binary ethosomes (ethanol-PG = 7:3, w/w) most effectively permitted drug penetration through skin; transfersomes made drug easiest to accumulate in the skin. Ethosomes improved drug delivery with greater improvement in skin permeation than improvement in skin deposition.”

Zhang et al. · From the abstract

Names Alcohol and Terbinafine together in an interaction, co-administration, or pharmacokinetic context.

Limitations

What this evidence cannot tell you.

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