Are oral yeast medications as effective as vaginal suppositories?

Are oral yeast medications as effective as vaginal suppositories?

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Oral yeast medications are as effective as vaginal suppositories. I usually use the oral creams for women that have a lot of discharge, but not much inflammatory reactions like itching or burning. The creams work better because they have a small amount of steroids in them and they can increase the amount of inflammation in the tissues also. Therefore they work quite the same in defeating the infection; however, one works a little better in certain scenarios.