Suggest Over The Counter Medication For Antibiotic Induced Yeast Infection

Posted on Fri, 4 Nov 2016

Question: Dear doctor:
Which over-the-counter treatment for antibiotic-caused
yeast infection would you reccomend for Canadians?

Answered by Dr. Michelle Gibson James (41 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
monistat, vagistat, femstat

Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic

There are over the counter yeast infection treatments such as : (1) femstat 3 (used for 3 days, active ingredient is butoconazole)

(2)monistat (there are different types, monistat 1- taken for 1 day, monistat 3 and 7.Miconazole is the active ingredient)

(3)vagistat- (used for 1 to 3 days, contains tioconazole)

Any of the three of these would work for you. If you prefer a shorter course then you can use the one day or three day course.
You can choose whichever is available over the counter at your pharmacy.

I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar