Antifungal eases vulvodynia, suggests pilot study
Itraconazole cut pain by 60% in women with fungus-culture-negative vulvodynia, report US researchers
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Treatment with the antifungal itraconazole is associated with a significant reduction in vulvovaginal pain in women with negative fungus cultures and no other identifiable disease, reports a small US pilot study.
Results show that women taking the antifungal for vulvodynia experience over 60% reduction in pain.