Factors involved in patient choice of oral or vaginal treatment for vulvovaginal candidiasis
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Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) is an extremely common cause of vaginal symptoms in women. Multiple antifungal products are available by either the oral or vaginal route, although no new drugs have become available for two decades. Given the therapeutic equivalence of the antimycotic agents and their routes of administration, the specific drug and formulation selected is entirely arbitrary in relation to final treatment outcome. Nevertheless, multiple factors affecting preference, both practitioner-dependent and patient-dependent, impact on selection of a specific drug and route of administration.
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Topical azole antifungals, widely used to treat VVC, are used less commonly in RVVC.
“Topical azole antifungals, widely used to treat VVC, are used less commonly in RVVC.17,20”
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- Sobel, J.
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- Keywords
- vaginal candidiasis, patient preferences, route of administration, oral antifungal therapy, antifungal agents, treatment selection, patient adherence
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