The symptoms of a vaginal yeast infection should start disappearing within a few hours or days. If there is no improvement in your symptoms in three days or if they have not disappeared within seven days, you might not have a vaginal yeast infection. Discontinue treatment and contact your doctor.

The active substance is clotrimazole, an antifungal agent that fights fungal infections such as yeast infections.

Talk to a doctor or pharmacist before using Canesten® if you:

• Are at increased risk for sexually transmitted diseases (e.g. HIV-AIDS),
• Have multiple sexual partners
• Change partners often
• Have diabetes
• Have frequent vaginal infections or if your yeast infection returns in less than 2 months
• Have never had a yeast infection before
• Are pregnant, trying to get pregnant or breastfeeding
• Have any of the following symptoms, which may be signs of a serious condition:
  • abdominal, back or shoulder pain
  • fever or chills
  • nausea, diarrhoea or vomiting
  • vaginal haemorrhaging or foul-smelling vaginal discharge

Stop using Canesten® and ask a doctor if

• there is no improvement in 3 days or if symptoms have not disappeared within 7 days
• you have abdominal pain, fever or foul-smelling discharge during use of this medication
• skin rash or new irritation occurs

You can easily and effectively treat a vaginal yeast infection at home with Canesten® treatments, available without a prescription. You can also try a combination treatment to cure the internal infection and relieve the external symptoms.

Combination treatments are a 2-in-1 complete treatment for a VYI. All combination treatments include either a Canesten® internal treatment (vaginal tablet or vaginal cream) or a CanesOral® oral treatment, plus an external treatment (a tube of cream). Combination treatments treat both the cause and the symptoms of a yeast infection for complete relief.

No. Canesten® treatments for a vaginal yeast infection are conveniently available in your local pharmacy or grocery store pharmacy.

Talk to a doctor or pharmacist before using Canesten^® if you are pregnant or trying to get pregnant.

Canesten® vaginal treatments are best when applied before you go to bed, as you can expect some leakage with the product use. For best results, lie down as soon as possible after inserting the vaginal products. This will reduce leakage. You may want to use panty liners to protect your clothing during the time you are using Canesten®.

No, you can eat and drink normally while using Canesten® treatments.

It's best to avoid sex until the VYI has cleared up. VYIs are not usually transmitted through sexual relations, even though a small percentage of male partners do have infections at the same time.

It is important to know that Canesten^® may reduce the effectiveness of some birth control methods, such as condoms, diaphragms or vaginal spermicides. This effect is temporary and occurs only during treatment.

If there was no improvement in your symptoms in 3 days or if they did not disappear within 7 days, you might not have a vaginal yeast infection. Discontinue further treatment and consult your doctor.