Vaginal Drug As Effective As Oral For Bacterial Vaginosis – (09-07-00)

Vaginal Drug As Effective As Oral For Bacterial Vaginosis

I would have to agree that a topical treatment is going to produce less side effects than an oral agent, but it is unquestionable that a portion of a topically applied substance will get absorbed into the circulation. For bacterial vaginosis I would like to see a trial using probiotics instead of drugs.

Obstet Gynecol 2000;96:256-260 A 3-day course of vaginal clindamycin is as effective as a 7-day course of oral metronidazole in the treatment of bacterial vaginosis. Moreover, the intravaginal regimen is better tolerated than oral treatment, Dr. Jorma Paavonen, of the University of Helsinki, in Finland, and a multinational research team say in the journal.