Re: over the counter treatments
From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 31 Mar 2001 23:07:34 -0600 (CST)
If the infection cause is unknown or recurrent, a doctor visit in
recommended. If you get recurrent yeast, OTC meds are fine. The
prescription meds may help some better than OTC meds but they're about
the same in "cure" rates.
Hope this helps and write back anytime for more information.
HSM
At Thu, 29 Mar 2001, trishover wrote:
>
>when does on know wehn to take an over the counter treatment such as
>monistat instead of going to the doctor all the time. and are
>percription treatments more powerful than over the counter.
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Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York
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