Re: Acidophilus & pregnancy

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vicki

At Thu, 18 May 2000, R. Daniel Braun, MD wrote: >
>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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