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Re: Acidophilus & pregnancy

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 18 May 2000 19:40:29 -0500 (CDT)

At Wed, 17 May 2000, J.G. wrote: >
>I have heard that acidophilus is not harmful to use orally during
>pregnancy. But I was wondering: My doctor has suggested that I use a
>couple of pills internally (inside the vagina) at night to fight a yeast
>infection. Could this harm a baby if I was pregnant, or cause a
>miscarrage?

As far as I know acidopholus probably wouldn't hurt. There is no evidence that it will do any good either. It was used a lot when we didn't have much that would do any good. Terconazole tablets work well for yeast, if it is yeast. The only way to know is to look at the discharge under the microscope.

RDB 

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R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG  FOG


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