NidaGel (metronidazole vaginal gel) is now approved to be used ONCE a day

October 1997

NidaGel (metronidazole vaginal gel) is now approved to be used ONCE a day...as well as twice a day.

Women get the same cure rate with just half the dose.

This new regimen will be more convenient...but not less expensive. The manufacturer ISN'T making a smaller size tube.

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Table of Contents

One third of all antibiotic Rxs are inappropriate
Antidepressants whether St. John's wort interacts with other drugs or certain foods
Antidepressants new ways to augment antidepressants
Diabetes More diabetics with heart disease will be taking a beta blocker
Diabetes now injecting Humalog AFTER meals
Diabetes How do you give insulin to a diabetic who's allergic to latex?
Gastroenterology new ranitidine/bismuth combo tablet
Obesity & Weight Loss The withdrawal of dexfenfluramine (Redux) and fenfluramine (Ponderal, Pondimin)
Obesity & Weight Loss alternatives to Redux and phen-fen
Women's Health Reality, the first FEMALE condom
Women's Health NidaGel (metronidazole vaginal gel) is now approved to be used ONCE a day
Women's Health WHICH antiepileptic drugs are safe to take during pregnancy
latest thinking is to treat HIV earlier and more aggressively
Patient compliance is EXTREMELY important with this new HIV therapy
recent cases of vancomycin-resistant Staph aureus
Human drugs are often used very differently in pets
Pediatrics leave antibiotic suspensions out of the refrigerator
Practice Transderm-V, the popular behind-the-ear scopolamine patch for motion sickness