Treatment for vaginal dryness, painful sex, frequent UTIs, and urgency.
Treatment for vaginal dryness, painful sex, frequent UTIs, and urgency.
Clindamycin vaginal cream 2% (Cleocin) is an antibiotic that can quickly cure BV and get rid of bacteria that's causing vaginal odor and itching. Looking for clindamycin over-the-counter? Clindamycin is an antibiotic, so you'll need a prescription. Instead of going to the doctor's office, you can order clindamycin online with prescription included. If you have bacterial vaginosis and you're allergic to antibiotics like metronidazole, then clindamycin BV cream is good alternative to metronidazole.
If prescribed, you'll receive 1 tube which is a 7 day supply. The standard dose is to insert 1 applicator vaginally every night for 7 nights.
Sometimes after taking BV antibiotics, a vaginal yeast infection can occur. Let your doctor know if you have redness, pain, or burning around your vagina, or if you have thick, white vaginal discharge. These could be signs of a vaginal yeast infection, and you might need treatment with an antifungal like fluconazole.
When taking BV antibiotics, symptoms usually clear in a few days. It's important to take the full dose of antibiotics, even if you're noticing improvement in your symptoms before finishing the dose.
Yes! Prescription treatment like metronidazole tablets can also treat BV.
At Interlude, our goal is to make our pricing as easy and comfortable as the care we offer.
Our medical team is here to help you get rid of a BV infection fast.
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BV is treated with antibiotics. The most commonly prescribed antibiotics for BV are metronidazole (Flagyl or Metrogel) and clindamycin (Cleocin).
For perimenopausal or postmenopausal women, treatment with vaginal estrogen can restore the balance of good bacteria. This suggests that for many perimenopausal women or postmenopausal women, the best treatment for BV is not antibiotics alone, but vaginal estrogen therapy to prevent recurrent BV symptoms.
BV is treated with antibiotics, and you can't get antibiotics over-the-counter. At Interlude we offer an online consult to help you get a prescription for BV antibiotics. Within hours, a board-certified physician will review your information and call in your prescription to your preferred pharmacy. It isn't BV over-the-counter treatment, but it's pretty close!
BV happens when there is an imbalance of good bacteria and bad bacteria in the vaginal environment.
Over-the-counter BV treatments like boric acid can temporarily minimize odor and itching. But if you want to kill the bad bacteria and clear the infection completely then antibiotics are the way to go.
Even after successful treatment with antibiotics, BV can come back months later. This underscores the importance of promoting good bacteria. Probiotics might be helpful for this.
For perimenopausal or postmenopausal women, treatment with vaginal estrogen has been shown to restore the balance of good bacteria. This suggests that for many perimenopausal women or postmenopausal women, the best treatment for BV is not antibiotics alone, but vaginal estrogen therapy to stop BV from coming back.
As part of our efforts to make our telehealth service accessible and affordable for everyone, we do not take insurance for BV telehealth consults.
If prescribed, you can use your insurance to pay for BV medication when you pick it up at your local pharmacy. If you do not have insurance, the cash price for clindamycin cream at most pharmacies is about $80.
When you get BV treatment online with Interlude, it only takes a few hours before you're on the path to feeling better.
After you complete checkout, within hours a board-certified physician licensed in your state will review your health information. If appropriate, they'll call in a prescription antibiotic for pickup at your preferred pharmacy.
