Warning over excessive use of common vaginal cream: case
A 50-year-old woman developed life-threatening methaemoglobinaemia after over-applying Vagisil, report US doctors
GPs are being urged to warn patients about the dangers of over-applying OTC medications, after a middle-aged woman developed a potentially life-threatening anaemia after using a common vaginal cream.
The perimenopausal woman, 50, developed methaemoglobinaemia after using Vagisil excessively for her severe, chronic vaginal itch, report doctors from Orlando Regional Healthcare in Florida, US.
