Bacterial vaginosis treatments: Probiotics can increase effectiveness of some antibiotic therapies
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 - 07:49
in Health & Medicine
Antimicrobial treatments for bacterial vaginosis (BV) are effective, but taking lactobacillus tablets alongside metronidazole antibiotic therapy increases effectiveness over taking this antibiotic alone, according to a Cochrane Systematic Review. The researchers also concluded that intravaginal lactobacillus was as effective as oral metronidazole, although they did note unexplained drop-outs from the trials...