(tee oh CON a zole) Brand: Monistat-1, Vagistat-1
• Use this medicine for the full amount of time predesigned by your doctor or recommended in the package even if you begin to feel better. Your symptoms may improve till the infection is completely healed.
• Avoid wearing tight-fitting, synthetic clothing (e.g., panty hose) that does not let air circulation. Wear loose-fitting clothing made of cotton and another natural fibers before the infection is healed.
• Avoid getting this medicine in the eyes, nose, or mouth.
• Tioconazole is an antifungal medicine. It prevents fungus from growing.
• Tioconazole vaginal is used to treat vaginal candida (yeast) infections.
• Tioconazole vaginal may also be used for purposes another than those listed in this medicine guide.
• Do not use tioconazole vaginal if you have ever had an allergic reaction to it.
• Do not use tioconazole vaginal if you have a fever, abdominal pain, foul-smelling discharge, diabetes, HIV, or AIDS. Consult your doctor.
• Tioconazole vaginal is in the FDA pregnancy category C. This means that it is not known whether tioconazole vaginal will be deleterious to an unborn child. Do not use this medicine without first talking to your doctor if you are pregnant or could become pregnant during treatment.
• It is not known whether tioconazole passes into breast milk. Do not use tioconazole vaginal without first talking to your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
• Use tioconazole vaginal exactly as directed by your doctor or follow the directions that accompany the package. If you do not understand these instructions, ask your pharmacist, nurse, or doctor to explain them to you.
• Wash your hands till and after using this medication.
• Insert the ointment into the vagina using the applicator as directed.
• It is significant to use tioconazole vaginal as directed to get the most benefit.
• You can use a sanitary napkin to prevent the medicine from staining your clothing but do not use a tampon.
• If the infection does not clear up after you have finished one rate of therapy, or if it appears to get worse, see your doctor. You may have other type of infection.
• Avoid getting this medicine in your eyes, nose or mouth.
• Store tioconazole vaginal at room temperature away from moisture and heat.
• Since tioconazole is a one day treatment, missing a doze is not generally a problem.
• An overdose of tioconazole vaginal is unlikely. If you do suspect that a many larger than usual doze has been used or that tioconazole vaginal has been ingested, contact an abnormal room or a poison control center.
• Avoid wearing tight-fitting, synthetic clothing (e.g., panty hose) that does not let air circulation. Wear loose-fitting clothing made of cotton and another natural fibers before the infection is healed.
• Tioconazole may hurt a condom or diaphragm. Use other form of birth control while using tioconazole vaginal and for 72 hours next treatment.
• Stop using tioconazole vaginal and search abnormal medical attention if you experience an allergic reaction (shortness of breath; closing of your throat; swelling of your lips, person, or tongue; or hives).
• Another, smaller serious side effects may be more likely to occur. These include burning, itching, irritation of the skin, and an heighten need to urinate.
• Side effects another than those listed here may also occur. Conversation to your doctor about any side effect that seems unusual or that is especially bothersome. You may message side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
• Avoid using another vaginal creams or douches at the same time as tioconazole vaginal unless otherwise directed by your doctor.
• Drugs another than those listed here may also interact with tioconazole vaginal. Conversation to your doctor and pharmacist till taking any prescription or over the counter medicines, including vitamins, minerals, and herbal products.
• Your pharmacist has additional information about tioconazole vaginal written for health professionals that you may read.
Remember, hold this and all another medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medicine only for the indication prescribed.
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