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Vagina yeast infection: doctor gave me fluconazole 150mg to be taken for 3 consecutive days. does fluconazole cause discharge to fall out? is this a bodys way of eliminating yeast? my discharge becomes more noticeable only when on this medication?

Q: vagina yeast infection: doctor gave me fluconazole 150mg to be taken for 3 consecutive days. does fluconazole cause discharge to fall out? is this a bodys way of eliminating yeast? my discharge becomes more noticeable only when on this medication?

: Fluconazole is taken once for a mild yeast infection and can be repeated in 3 days if there is no improvement. You didn’t say if your infection cleared up. If it didn’t it may not be a yeast infection but another type.

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Fluconazole is taken once for a mild yeast infection and can be repeated in 3 days if there is no improvement. You didn’t say if your infection cleared up. If it didn’t it may not be a yeast infection but another type.

Answered 10/1/2021

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A member asked:

Vagina yeast infection: doctor gave me fluconazole 150mg to be taken for 3 consecutive days. does fluconazole cause discharge to fall out? is this a bodys way of eliminating yeast? my discharge becomes more noticeable only when on this medication?

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