 [ Symptoms ] what is the treatment for ringworm [ Disease ] antifungal medications are used to cure ringworm ringworm can be treated topically with external applications or systemically for example with oral medications topical treatment when fungus affects the skin of the body or the groin many antifungal creams can clear the condition in around two weeks examples of such preparations include those that contain clotrimazole cruex cream desenex cream lotrimin cream lotion and solution miconazole monistat derm cream ketoconazole nizoral cream econazole spectazole naftifine naftin and terbinafine lamisil cream and solution these treatments are effective for many cases of foot fungus as well many of these antifungal creams are available as over the counter preparations it is usually necessary to use topical medications for at least two weeks systemic treatment some fungal infections do not respond well to external applications examples include scalp fungus and fungus of the nails to penetrate these areas and in cases of particularly severe or extensive disease oral medications can be used for a long time the only effective antifungal tablet was griseofulvin fulvicin grifulvin and gris peg now other agents are available that are both safer and more effective these include terbinafine itraconazole sporanox and fluconazole diflucan oral medications are usually given for a three month course