Once Bacterial Vaginosis has been diagnosed, a doctor will usually recommend a treatment of antibiotics. There are two main antibiotics that are used to treat BV.

Clindamycin is available under the brand name Cleocin, both as a 7-day vaginal cream and as a 3-night vaginal suppository (Cleocin vaginal ovules) which has been approved as an equivalent treatment to the 7-day cream. Most recently, a single-dose clindamycin vaginal cream under the name Clindesse has also been released as an equivalent treatment. Clindamycin should not prescribed orally for BV because of the drug's potential side effect of producing very serious diarrhea diseases and possibly even a life-threatening intestinal infection caused by Clostridium.

Metronidazole is available by prescription either in tablet form or as a topical gel for insertion vaginally. The oral formulation of generic metronidazole or the brand name, Flagyl, is most commonly prescribed at a dose of 500 milligrams twice a day for 7 days. People are strongly cautioned that they may experience severe nausea and vomiting if they attempt to consume alcohol while taking Metronidazole and it can also have a very bitter metallic taste that can linger.

The problem with prescribed antibiotics is that while the initial success rate may be good (85% of women will be cured) there is about a 30% chance that BV will come back in 4 weeks to 6 months which puts the actually success rate of antibiotics just over 50%. This is due to the fact that the antibiotics kill both the bad and the good bacteria in your vagina.

There are also natural herbal treatments for curing Bacterial Vaginosis available. Femanol is a herbal product that was formulated to combat Bacterial Vaginosis. It will assist you in reestablishing the good bacteria in your vagina while boosting your immune system to fight out the bad bacteria naturally. Femanol, when taken regularly can also help prevent future BV outbreaks and yeast infections.

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