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On antibiotics til monday. got yeast infection. took diflucan monday night. better, but yeast not gone. got period today. can i use tampons?

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Dr. Richard Zimon answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Yes: no harm in using Tampons however the treatment for yeast should be repeated AFTER the antibiotics are FINISHED and sometimes requires more than one treatment..BTW if the infection is a GYN issue tampons may not be recommended! Hope this helps! Dr Z

Answered 1/15/2017

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