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Candida - female genital - Management
Maintenance therapy (2-month supply)
Age from 12 years onwards
Fluconazole 150mg x2 doses
Fluconazole 150mg capsules
Take one capsule on the same day once a week
Supply 8 capsule.
Age from 16 years onwards
Clotrimazole 500mg pessary x1
Clotrimazole 500mg pessaries
Insert one pessary into the vagina at night once a WEEK.
Supply 8 pessary.
Itraconazole 400mg once a month
Itraconazole 100mg capsules
Take two capsules twice in one day once a MONTH.
Supply 8 capsules.
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