WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for May, 2000: Re: HPV treatment

Re: HPV treatment

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 15 May 2000 16:26:35 -0500 (CDT)

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At Mon, 15 May 2000, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>At Mon, 15 May 2000, Chris wrote:
>>
>>My doctor recently found mild dysplasia and I had a colposcopy which
>>came back normal. However, the doctor could not rule out the
>>possibility of HPV and prescribed me the medicine Cleocin for the HPV. I
>>thought that HPV is a virus. Will this medicine really help or is it
>>just a waste of my time and money to use it?
>
>Cleocin is an antibiotic, and it will have no effect whatsoever on HPV.
>It is useful for treating bacterial overgrowth or bacterial inflammation
>of the cervix which can obscure your pap smear, but that is all.
>
>--
>William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG
>Clarksville, TN
>
>This is for educational purposes only, and is not intended to be replacement
>or substitute for consultation and examination by an appropriate medical
>professional. Due to time constraints, private e-mails cannot be answered.
>

Cleocin is sometimes used to treat "BV" (Bacterial Vaginosis). Maybe he said BV or perhaps he said HPV and meant BV.

RDB

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R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG  FOG

This is for educational purposes only, and is not intended to be replacement or substitute for consultation and examination by an appropriate medical professional.  Due to time constraints, private e-mails cannot be answered.

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