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I am 6weeks and wondering if the use of cotrimazole pills n cream could have caused any harm to my unborn child, because i had a fungus?

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SMX/TMP: Very unlikely to be harmful to your baby. But this will not in any way treat a fungal infection.

Answered 11/6/2013

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