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Antibiotics for Bacterial Vaginosis
How Well It Works
Women who aren't pregnant
Oral or vaginal metronidazole and vaginal clindamycin cream all work well for curing bacterial vaginosis.Reference 1 Vaginal or oral metronidazole cures bacterial vaginosis in as many as 9 out of 10 cases.Reference 2 Tinidazole, oral clindamycin, and clindamycin ovules have not been as well studied.Reference 1
Although medicine usually cures bacterial vaginosis, it often comes back. Some doctors have women use medicine for a longer time to prevent this.
Women who are pregnant
Oral antibiotics, such as metronidazole, work well for curing bacterial vaginosis during pregnancy.Reference 3
| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: May 14, 2012 |
| Medical Review: | Reference Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine
Reference Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH - Infectious Disease |
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