There are a myriad of Yeast infection treatments that are available today. Most of the treatments fall under two categories—natural remedies and medications. Natural remedies include the use of tea tree oil, probiotics, yogurt, garlic, and apple cider vinegar. Common medications used for the yeast infection treatment are clotrimazole, terconazole, miconazole and butoconazole. The first and foremost, when you get a yeast infection, visit your doctor immediately. You need to get the infection diagnosed first because what may seem a simple yeast infection can be some other infection such as Chlamydia, bacterial vaginosis, and gonorrhea.

Most of the natural remedies or home remedies are very good and safe; however, make it a point to talk to your doctor about these yeast infection treatments before you start any of them. It often happens that when you get a yeast infection, you start off with the home remedies. After few days you realize that you are not getting much help from those home remedies, so you go to the doctor. The doctor examines the infection very minutely and may recommend few diagnostic tests. The doctor’s first line of treatment is yeast infection medication.

Most experienced doctors examine the yeast infection and may ask you few questions. Subsequently, the doctor may prescribe one or more medications, which may be needed to be taken for a week. During the medication treatment, you can continue or start with the home remedies, but such a combination of treatments need the prior approval of the consulting doctor. If you don’t want to visit the doctor and you are confident that you have a yeast infection, then you have OTC medication options. OTC stands for over the counter. OTC medications are generally given without the prescription of the doctor.

When you go up to a chemist for the OTC yeast infection medicine, you need to ask the chemist about the yeast infection cure and how the OTC yeast infection medicine works. In addition, you may want to know about the possible side effects of the OTC yeast infection medicine that the chemist is giving you. Most good OTC medications contain active ingredients. Identify the active ingredients and ask about the pros and cons of the active ingredient. For example, if the chemist gives you Monistat, then the active ingredient will be miconazole.

Sometimes the OTC yeast infection medicine may clearly mention the active ingredient; but if it doesn’t then you need to ask the chemist about the same. If possible, make a list of all the active ingredients of the OTC yeast infection medicines from the Internet and then approach the chemist. By doing this, you will be sure that you are getting the right medication for the yeast infection treatment. Another major aspect of the OTC yeast infection medicine is the dosage. You need to get clear instructions from the chemist from the chemist.

The dosage of the OTC yeast infection medicine often depends on the strength of the active ingredient. A higher amount of the active ingredient in the medication means that you will have to take the doses for fewer days and vice versa. Most yeast infection medicines are available in one-, three-, six-, and seven-day treatments. For some people, one day yeast infection medicine may just be sufficient; however, for some it may not have any effect at all. Thus, you may have to do a lot of trials before you arrive at the best OTC yeast infection medicine for you.

Most OTC yeast infection medicines are available in two forms, they are, tablets and creams. Some popular brands used by people all over the world are as follows:

• Mycelex
• Femstat
• Clotrimaderm
• Canesten
• Monistat
• GyneCure
• Diflucan Oral

Some of the above mentioned brands are not used during pregnancy, so if you are pregnant, you need to inform your doctor or chemist. The active ingredient in Mycelex is Clotrimazole with an exception of Mycelex-3, which has Butoconazole nitrate as the main ingredient. Mycelex is very commonly used for the treatment of yeast infections that invade the mouth, skin, and vagina. Mycelex is available in creams, lotions and other solutions. The most common side effects of Mycelex are redness, irritation, itching, burning, and stomachache.