WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for April, 2003: Re: When is it safe to have sex again?

Re: When is it safe to have sex again?

From: Richard Chudacoff, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 13 Apr 2003 11:54:44 -0500 (CDT)

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At Sun, 13 Apr 2003, Anonymous wrote: >
>On Friday I took Diflucan. My docotor told me it should not interfere
>with my BCPs, while the pharmacist said it might. I opted for the
>*might* interfere and used condoms since then. (cause I also didn't
>want to pass the infection to my boyfriend).
>My question is when is it safe to stop using condoms? Should I be
>worried about the interaction of the Diflucan and the BCPs? (Everywhere
>on this forumn states that I shouldn't) Can I still pass the yeast
>infection to my partner at this point? (I haven't been itchy since
>Saturday)
>
>Thanks

Since I also agree that the Diflucan should not interfere with oral contraception, you can have intercourse whenever you would like. Men don't typically have the same yeast infection susceptibility that women do.

-- Richard Chudacoff, MD, FACOG Chudacoff Obstetrics & Gynecology, PLLC Sugar Land, TX

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