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A member asked:

Ive been taking the 7 day monistat cream and i skipped last night and i had sex last night, what is going to happen now?& should i still continue to take it ?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

No worries: Missing one day of treatment for a vaginal yeast infection shouldn't make any difference. Neither will having sex. Yeast infections usually don't come from sex partners. Go ahead and use the last dose.

Answered 5/16/2015

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