Have been told by my doctor to use a betadine douche twice a day for 7 days for my bacterial vaginosis. Has anyone had sucess with this or the other betadine preps such as pessaries or cream inserts? Seriouse answers only please.
2007-09-27 21:43:54 · 2 answers · asked by rn_bratt 2 in Health ➔ Women's Health
I have used Betadine douche before but not to treat bacterial vaginosis. I found the Betadine douche to be very messy to work with. When I have had to deal with bacterial vaginosis most of the time my doctor had me use Metrogel (the gel form of Flagyl) and one time Relagard.
2007-09-27 22:20:48 · answer #1 · answered by sokokl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would never recommend that. betadine can cause some SEVERE skin and mucous membrane reactions - I've seen blistering , red weeping reactions many times from it. If you use it and get away with it, good for you, but I make a living seeing all the bad reactions when it is put on the skin. Wait until the doctor sees you and gives you a REAL treatment - this is not an emergency, and no sense at all in playing around with ineffective, potentially dangerous remedies in the mean time. can you see your family doctor instead? it's not like this is neurosurgery - any family doc should be able to take care of this . many good treatments available, but they are all prescription.
2016-05-20 22:17:37 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋