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I have bv and nothing is working i have been on antibiotics twice they didn't help at all. please help me i don't know how to get rid of this.

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Dr. Oscar Novick answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

Tretment failure: Try using Clindamycin cream and/or hve your partner tested to make sure he isn't the ourc ofyour reinfection

Answered 6/24/2014

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