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Canesten 500mg pessary contains the active ingredient clotrimazole, which is an antifungal medicine used to treat infections with fungi and yeasts. Canesten pessary is a single dose treatment for vaginal thrush. It uses an applicator which allows you to go strait to the site of the infection for effective treatment of vaginal thrush.
Wash your hands before and after inserting the pessary. Insert into the vagina preferably at night using the applicator provided. If symptoms persist for more than 7 days, consult your doctor.
If symptoms persist for more than 7 days, see your doctor. Do not use if you are pregnant, trying for a baby or breast feeding. Consult your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking any medicine other than the contraceptive pill and if you are aged under 16 or over 60.
You should carefully read all product packaging and labels prior to use
The pessary contains Clotrimazole 500mg. It also contains lactose monohydrate, Microcrystalline cellulose, Lactic Acid, maize starch, crospovidone, calcium lactate pentahydrate, magnesium stearate, colloidal anhyrous silica and hypromellose.
Product information leaflet:
http://emc.medicines.org.uk/medicine/4019/SPC/Canesten 500mg Vaginal Pessary/
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Clotrimazole 500mg
Pessary.
White convex pessary
Canesten 500mg Vaginal Pessary is recommended for the treatment of candidal vaginitis and mixed vaginal infections where Trichomonas is present or suspected. This product is not recommended as sole treatment for pure Trichomoniasis except in cases where systemic therapy is contra-indicated.
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The pessary should be inserted into the vagina, as high as possible, using the applicator provided.
Adults: One 500mg pessary should be inserted at night. Using the applicator provided, the pessary should be inserted as high as possible into the vagina. This is best achieved when lying back with legs bent up. A second treatment may be carried out if necessary.
Canesten pessaries need moisture in the vagina in order to dissolve completely, otherwise undissolved pieces of the pessary might crumble out of the vagina. Pieces of undissolved pessary may be noticed by women who experience vaginal dryness. To help prevent this it is important that the pessary is inserted as high as possible into the vagina at bedtime.
Generally:
treatment during the menstrual period should not be performed due to the risk of the pessary being washed out by the menstrual flow. The treatment should be finished before the onset of menstruation.
Children: As the product is used with an applicator, paediatric usage is not recommended.
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Hypersensitivity to clotrimazole or any ingredient in this medicine.
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Laboratory tests have suggested that, when used together, this product may cause damage to latex contraceptives. Consequently the effectiveness of such contraceptives may be reduced. Patients should be advised to use alternative precautions for at least five days after using this product.
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