Standard course of treatment for bacterial vaginosis is a round of antibiotics. There are both oral and vaginal version of the most popular choices of antibiotics. A lower dose of the oral antibiotics is usually recommended to treat pregnant women.
The most common antibiotics prescribed by doctors are Metronidazole, Clindamycin, Ampicillin, Ceftriaxone, and Tetracycline. The last three are not used very commonly; they are reserved for when the first two don't seem to be able to provide a cure.
Antiobiotics remain the preferred treatment for bacterial vaginosis, even though is doesn't have the greatest success rate. In some cases the antibiotics work in the short term, but the bacterial vaginosis comes back rapidly. For some women, the antibiotics are completely ineffective, and they do not experience any relief of their symptoms.
For those women for whom the antibiotics have proven ineffective, alternative treatments must be investigated. There are many choices to try, whether a natural, homeopathic or home remedy. The challenge is in separating the old wives tales and outdated advice from the useful information out there.
Probiotic supplements have become very popular for treating many problems, including bacterial vaginosis. They also come in oral or vaginal form. Just make sure you're getting the right kind of supplement. Many supplements have been formulated to aid in digestion, and do not have the right kind of bacteria to help treat bacterial vaginosis. You need a supplement that contains both lactobacillus rhamnosus and lactobacillus reuteri.
It's important, before you begin any course of treatment, to go to a doctor and make sure that what you have is, in fact, bacterial vaginosis. While you may think, from your symptoms and what you've read, that what you have is definitely bacterial vaginosis, only a doctor can make that diagnosis. There are many other conditions that have symptoms similar to bacterial vaginosis, and they all have different treatments.
Treating bacterial vaginosis successfully can be quite difficult at times. Talk to your doctor about what's working and what isn't. Speak up; if the antibiotics don't work, push your doctor to investigate alternative methods of treatment for your bacterial vaginosis. Bacterial Vaginosis Relief is Possible!
