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» ingedorthe - Cure to bacterial vaginosis

Judy Arbique's article contains lots of good facts. But are few are to be challenged:
The antibiotic treatment by metronidazole has immidiate effect, but for many women the BV returns after a few weeks. Again and again.
A certain complication of treatment with antibiotic is fungal infection.
Metronidazole is a suspected carcinogen, banned in Europe for treating animals for that reason - but recommended for women - strange....
In Europe the continous treatment with lactose tablets (LadyBalance) are getting common - this natural remedy strenghtens the womans own lactic acid bacteria, and eliminates most general vaginal nuisances, especially the fishy smell. More information on www.ladybalance.com

-- posted by ingedorthe

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» Judy Arbique - Cure to bacterial vaginosis

In response to Cure to bacterial vaginosis posted by ingedorthe:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stills recommends metronidazole or clindamycin for treatment of bacterial vaginosis. At least one study, however, has reported resurgence of the bacteria associated with vaginosis after metronidazole treatment cessation (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez...

I was unable to find any published reports on the effectiveness of lactose tablets for treating bacterial vaginosis in the scientific literature. Is your information anecdotal only or are there published reports of clinical trials showing the effectiveness of this treatment.

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In response to Cure to bacterial vaginosis posted by arbiquej:

You are right that no double-blinded controlled clinical trials are yet published on lactose tablets.
The evidence is based on the following:
The logic based on microbiological physiology, that when lactic acid bacteria are supplied with their favorite nutrient, they grow and produce acid. Gardnerella, Candida and others does not metabolize lactose and are suppressed by the acid.
The feedback from uncontrolled trial persons, where all (ten) women using the LadyBalance to combat discharge with bad smell reported a significant improvement. See http://www.ladybalance.com/side.asp?mid=...
The positive feedback from a large number of users in Europe.

A professional wants to see clinical proof. But I can tell, that making practitioners participate in a trial like this is nearly impossible. We are in the process of reformulating the trial to advertise to get trial persons, as none were supplemented from the practitioners participating in the trial.

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