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Metronidazole vaginal gel 0.75% and i'm 9 weeks pregnant. still ok to use? doc wants me to use it for 5 days twice a day. i have bv.

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Likely safe: Metronidazole is pregnancy category b. Hence not known to be teratogenic.

Answered 6/28/2014

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