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A member asked:
Can keflex 250mg capsules be prescribed for bacterial vaginitis?
9 doctors weighed in across 6 answers
Bacterial Vaginosis: Bacterial Vaginosis in non pregnant women is best treated with Flagyl 500mg q 12h for 7 days, if you are pregnant 250mg every 8 hours for 1 week. Make you are not allergic to the medication.
Answered 11/26/2014
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Bacterial vaginitis: Yes keflex can be used in cases of. Bacterial vaginosis
Answered 9/16/2014
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Perhaps,: If the bacteria are sensitive to Keflex, it could be prescribed. Was there a culture done or a Bartholin's gland cyst abscess involved or vulvar cellulitis?
Answered 2/18/2015
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Bacterial vaginosis: No, Metronidazole, Clindamycin and Tindamax are the treatment options for bacterial vaginosis.
Answered 9/19/2014
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No: The treatment for bacterial vaginitis is metronidazole. Metronidazole comes in either oral or vaginal gel form. A newer medicine for treatment is tindamax tablets Consult you doctor for treatment. Keflex in not typically prescribed for BV
Answered 9/16/2014
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Not usual: treatment. most effective treatment is oral Flagyl. If contraindicated clindamycin could be a second choice. Keflex a 1st generation cephalosporin is not first line of treatment
Answered 9/16/2014
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