Treatment for vaginal dryness, painful sex, frequent UTIs, and urgency.
Treatment for vaginal dryness, painful sex, frequent UTIs, and urgency.
Looking for a gel for BV? Over-the-counter gel for BV can minimize odor and itch, but antibiotics are needed to cure BV symptoms. Metronidazole gel 0.75% (Metrogel) is an antibiotic that can quickly cure BV and get rid of fishy odor, smelly discharge, and itchiness. There is no metronidazole OTC cream or gel, so you'll need a prescription. We've made that part super easy with a quick telehealth consult for BV that you can complete in your jammies! There's no wait and no doctor's visit. After checkout, answer some questions about your BV symptoms. Within hours, a board-certified doctor will review your information and prescibe metronidazole gel for same-day pickup.
If prescribed, you'll receive 1 tube which is a 5 day supply. The standard dose is to insert 1 applicator before bed every night for 5 nights.
If you're noticing white clumpy discharge after taking metronidazole gel, then you should tell your doctor. White clumpy discharge is a sign of a yeast infection, and this can sometimes happen with BV antibiotics.
At Interlude, you can securely message your doctor for free. If it's a yeast infection, your doctor can help. An oral pill like fluconazole can be prescribed to clear the yeast infection.
No. Metronidazole gel (Metrogel) is an antibiotic that works by killing or preventing bad bacteria that causes BV. It is not used to treat yeast infections.
You may start to feel better in two or three days. Insert the gel as directed by your doctor. It's important to continue to use the full amount of medication even if you are feeling better before you've finished the treatment.
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 metronidazole gel at most pharmacies is about $30.
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.
