bacterial vaginosis over-the-counter treatments?
Friday, July 2nd, 2010 at
5:15 pm
Do you know any good ones?
douching or RePhresh don’t help?
I had it three weeks ago, and the prescription medicine didn’t really help.
Filed under: Bacterial Vaginosis Treatment
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Bacterial vaginosis can’t be treated with anything OTC like a yeast infection can. If you have the typical symptoms, green or yellow discharge, foulish smell, itch or irritation, then you should see a doctor. Don’t worry, it’s very common. Think of it as the "common cold" of the vagina, as my doc once put it.
You’ll need antibiotics to truly clear it up.
No such thing.
Bacterial vaginosis is a bacterial infection, the only way of treating it is to get antibiotics from a doctor, either metronidazole or clindamycin – antibiotics can be administered via tablets or vaginal creams.
Actually those antibiotics being mentioned above are actually sold online and is legal. But you should prefer to go to a doctor, because you may need more than one antibiotic to cure it
BV can only be treated with a prescription from a Dr. If you have already had and was diagnosed by a Dr, you can call the office and they might call in a prescription for you.
Hi,
If i was you i would go to your nearest GUM clinic, its a walk in clinic where they check you over down there and none of it goes on your health records,
I left my BV untreated cos i didnt know I had it. I thought my unusual discharge was from being on the pill, but one day i started bleeding and getting severe shooting pains up my Vagina and stomach like being stabbed…
Anyway I went to the Gum clinic and they did loadsa tests and said that my untreated BV had made its way up my cervix and cause me to get PID (pelic inflammotory Disease) which had to be treated with 2 lots of antibiotics for two weeks.
It can make you infertile as it affects all your reproductive organs and is very painful..
So dont make the same mistake I did..
xx
I’ve tried rephresh, and everything else under the sun. I’ve been to countless doctors, been on every medication under the sun, and cried my eyes out. I’ve had recurring bv for over 5 years, and I was so sick of it, I’d have been happy to just NOT have a vagina anymore….
Ok, I want to shout this from the rooftops- but I won’t, because then I’d just be that crazy lady shouting about her vajay jay from the roof …
. I tried it, it works. Like really, really works. No smell, no itch, no gushing discharge, no more embarrassment, it WORKS.
And I even have REAL scientific evidence to back it up. So forget what you’ve heard about NEVER douching. THIS ONE TIME, THIS ONE WAY IS OK!
Use an empty douche bottle or 30cc syringe, fill with hydrogen peroxide, and squirt er up there. Kinda try to hold it in for a while, and then let her loose. Do it every night for a week. If it burns a little, then there is organic matter up there (like dried blood and gunk) or you may have tiny tears from a recent sexual encounter…. You can dilute the HP with water, and it will take care of the burn. After your week is up, use it for maintenance. How ever often you need to- if you get funky after sex, just do a quick cleanse, and you’ll be good. No more relapses, no more going to the doc every month, no more wasting money on expensive flagyl and gel etc. I swear, doctor’s don’t tell you about this because it’s just so cheap and easy. Plus- it really cuts down on business I mean imagine, if all of us stopped going to the gyno just to get yet ANOTHER prescription for our bv. They’d surely go out of business! 
Good luck, and get ready to be confident about your lady parts again!
Ok- here is the most condensed, straightforward least medical jargony study I could find. Feel free to search it yourself, I promise you’ll like what you find
Minerva Ginecol. 2003 Dec;55(6):483-92.
Utilisation of hydrogen peroxide in the treatment of recurrent bacterial vaginosis.
[Article in English, Italian]
Cardone A, Zarcone R, Borrelli A, Di Cunzolo A, Russo A, Tartaglia E.
1st Obstetric and Gynecologic Clinic, Department of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Neonatology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
AIM: The authors have evaluated the real efficacy of using hydrogen peroxide for previously treated recurrent bacterial vaginosis that is resistant to other forms of treatment. METHODS: The study included 58 women aged between 18 and 42 years old. Vaginal irrigations with 30 ml of hydrogen peroxide (3%) were prescribed in the evening for a week. The follow-up was carried out 3 months after the end of treatment. RESULTS: The results clearly show that the use of hydrogen peroxide in vagina can eliminate the main symptoms of bacterial vaginosis, and in particular the malodorous leucoxanthorrhea in 89% of cases at 3 months after the end of treatment, a result that is comparable to that obtained using metronidazole or clindamycin as a vaginal cream. Moreover, hydrogen peroxide facilitates the restoration of normal vaginal bacterial flora (represented by H202-producing lactobacillus) in 100% of cases and normal acid pH (pH<4.5) in 98% of cases; it also fosters the disappearance of clue cells from vaginal smears and anaerobic pathogenic flora from vaginal secretions in 100% of cases. The amine test became negative in 97.8% of cases. All results underwent statistical analysis and were found to be statistically significant. CONCLUSION: Hydrogen peroxide represents a valid alternative to conventional treatments for recurrent bacterial vaginosis, and associates the absence of collateral effects with low costs, excellent tolerability and real therapeutic efficacy.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14676737