Is it safe to give monistat to 6-year-olds?
Patient: My child is six yeras old. I am an RN but I do not practice in peds and am uncertain in the safety in giving my six year old monistat. She was recently on antibiotics for a boil. So, she was on it for about a week as well as wound dressings, I don not want to put her into a poor situation again...her boil was quite severe Doctor: Hello,Now, you want your 6 years old child to use Monistat drug. This is an antifungal medication, mostly applied to external (skin) and vaginal yeast infection.If she has used antibiotics orally for boils, this might have led to intestinal candida overgrowth. Probiotics are suggested. Anti-fungal can be used if stool culture is confirming candida overgrowth in feces.Next, if she is having vaginal yeast thrush, then, can use miconazole cream instead of Monistat.Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.Regards,Dr. Albana Sejdini