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My ears nose & throat dr prescribed me clotrimazole 10mg 5x a day for 7 days because of oral thrush caused by antibiotics, i read that 14 days of treatment is the usual. did my dr make a mistake or is 7 days of this treatment acceptable for thrush?

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Thrush: Clotting old given 5 times a day for one week should be adequate treatment for oral,thrush

Answered 4/22/2018

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A member asked:

My ears nose & throat dr prescribed me clotrimazole 10mg 5x a day for 7 days because of oral thrush caused by antibiotics, i read that 14 days of treatment is the usual. did my dr make a mistake or is 7 days of this treatment acceptable for thrush?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Oscar Novick answered

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