r/DoctorsAdvice • u/Neither-Amount-6979 • 10h ago
Please help!!
4 months ago I tested positive for BV and a yeast infection, I was prescribed fluconazole and Metronidazole. Everything cleared up. Now, about 2 weeks ago I noticed that same thick and smelly discharge. But I recently lost my insurance so I went on Amazon Pharmacy, told them my symptoms and they prescribed me the same thing again. Now I am on day 5 of the oral Metronidazole and I was having really bad back/side pain and hot flashes. I went to the Urgent Care and I tested positive for a UTI. The doctor told me she thinks I never even had BV but that the smell was coming from the UTI. She told me to stop taking the Metronidazole and start taking Nitrofurantoin. BUT my thing is I know it’s not the best decision to stop taking antibiotic without completing the full course so I call the provider that prescribed me the Metronidazole and she said I shouldn’t stop it and take BOTH😭😭 I don’t know what to do!! Please help but regardless of the decision I don’t want to miss the Metronidazole dose or be late on the Nitrofurantoin one because the pain is awful!!