FOLIC ACID AND ACIDOPHILUS

[YEA]  03/29/2009: Amy from Nags Head, North Carolina writes: "take 800mcg Folic acid daily and two lactobaciliphus capsules before each meal three times a day until overt symptoms subside. then once you have eliminated the discharge and the smell....(possibly the first day) continue to take daily recommended dose of folic acid. usually 400mcg if not pregnant and 800-1000mcg if expecting. and decrease the lactobaciliphus capsules to just one three times a day. if your stool becomes too soft decrease lactobaciliphus capsules to just one capsule twice a day. it is a digestive aide as well. the thought process is that the live cultures will colonize in your rectum and will travel to your vagina to recolonize and balance your ph. (completely safe) avoid ANYTHING perfumed including lotion, detergent, soap, and body sprays. avoid semen in your vagina. NO SUGARY DRINKS NO SMOKING!!!! use only warm water on your vagina....hot water can soften the already irritaed skin causing it to tear. ouch!!! don't insert anything into your vagina! if you do decide to go to the doctor and they prescribe metrondiazole, use the above reccomendations to keep BV free. the smell is you vagina's way of telling you that your PH level is off. things like sperm, which is alkaline, can change your ph completely. if you must use soap around your vagina use something for a sensitive skinned baby. but water truly is all you need because as my nanny would say a healthy vagina will clean itself. discuss this with your partner as he may think of you as "dirty" i guess i lucked out because my partner is just as understanding as he can be and we all know that stress makes everything worse. i am a registered nurse and trust me.....this helps. good luck. xoxo"

[YEA]  03/18/2009: Anne from Cambria County, PA writes: "I have been sufferning with BV off and on since I can remember. I have tryed the meds the OBGYN gives u all the time. U might just want to go to your local Pharmacy and buy Acidophilus ____. Ingredients: Lactobacillus Acidophilus 100mg. I thought i had bought the Natural kind but it is not. The nasty smell is so bad I took one by mouth and inserted one capsule useing my middle finger.I took three 400mgs of Folic Acid also because I really don't think I have one good cell left down there! I'm running on empty! I also have my period now witch will help. I just did not want to waite another minute It wasn't long after I inserted the Acidophilus I felt releif from the smell,the itching and my urine was looking really good too. That nasty smell is not kicking like it was. I was going to try Boric Acid in a capsule but I figured It might B quicker and safer 2 insert a capsules up in me. I am going to insert another capsule up in there around 10 10:30 tonight. I am really amazed how fast it started to work! I am very surprized this stuff is working already. I'll also keep taking 3 400mgs of Folic Acid 2x's a day and one vitamin B-12 1,000mgs a day. When the nasty odor is gone and the rest of my sytems r gone too i will write back to tell you how long it took and if i changed anything. I was really uncertain about doing all this. I'm sooooo thankfull i did! I thank Earthclinic and U all for shareing."

[YEA]  03/17/2009: Laura from Honolulu, Hawaii writes: "Woes of BV:

Folic Acid and acidophilus have helped my bacterial vaginosis. I've had reoccuring yeast infections since I was 17. It was definitely my diet at that time.. Onto the BV- I got it after having my IUD put in and had sex with my boyfriend. I thought it was a yeast infection (again) and treated it, but nothing helped. I finally consulted a student in my school (I'm in chinese medicine school) and she put me on a 10 day cleanse. It was no food for 8 days (just fruit for the first two), and salt water for cleaning the colon, and a special tea of cayenne, lemon, and maple syrup. That got rid of it within 2 days. However, I seemed to have it again and this time (unwilling to do the cleanse again) I was looking for something easier and less time consuming. I did the peroxide douche but this didn't seem to help. I ended up going out and buying folic acid and acidophilus. I am taking 4-6 folic acids a day at 400mg (I'm thinking it's a little too much and am going to lessen it) and 4 acidophilus pills at 500 million live cultures a day. I also inserted 2 acidophilus tabs inside my vajayjay today. So far so good! I'm not itchy or burning or having discharge (after the acidophilus pills made their way out of my body, that is). I feel good! So to anyone who is scared to try the peroxide douche, try this instead! I hope this helps!"

[YEA]  03/17/2009: Miss D from Seattle, WA writes: "I've been suffering from bacterial vaginosis for approximately 1 1/2 years. I had heavy discharge and the room smelled like a dead fish after sex. The foul odor happened whether or not I used condoms. I've been treated with the metro gel twice and flagyl twice. I'm currently on long term therapy and use the metro gel twice a week. I also take 1200 micrograms of folic acid, 4 billion acidophilus, and 48 billion probiotics. I also take 1000 milligrams vitamin c and 1 garlic pill. This has seemed to do the trick. I've been testing myself (on the days I can) and I have maintained a 4.5 ph balance even after sex. I use dove soap and my gynecologist told me not to douche with anything."

03/15/2009: Malinda from Houston, TX writes: "I have been suffering through a horrible cycle of discomfort and medical expenses for almost two years now because of BV. Every month it's the same: my monthly would start and last five days. I'd have sex with my husband a couple of days after it was over, and no less than two days after that the typical BV symptoms would surface. After months of mistakenly treating it like a yeast infection, a doctor visit and a prescription for clindamycin cleared things up, but after another round of sex the symptoms were back. And before I knew it, it was time for my cycle again. My husband and i were hardly able to have sex and because of the gross symptoms that go with BV i pulled away from him subconciously, too embarrassed to explain. I never suffered from the very strong odor that others have described, but the yellowish discharge, irritated skin and pain during intercourse were all present. My doctor got so confident in my ability to self diagnose each month that she called in 9 refills on the clindamycin for me, to save me the cost of paying her office a copay every time it happened. I felt really dirty, and worried about the lack of intimacy between my husband and I. My mother advised douching with an iodine solution, but this dried me out and BURNED! I was at my wit's end when i found this site. After reading the posts, I literally hopped in my car and drove up the street to a grocery store. It had the folic acid (800mcg) and the acidophilus capsules on sale, buy one get one free! I bought them and a box of my favorite yogurt. I'm going to take one of each supplement tonite before bed, and again in the morning. My husband is away on business for the next few days...it would be fantastic to have this situation in check before he returns. Will also be great to be intimate again without fearing that my body is in any way offensive. I pray this works, and I'll keep folks posted. Thanks to all of you who shared your remedies, regrets and SOLUTIONS!!!! "

03/14/2009: Laverne from Beautiful City, New Jersey writes: "Oh my goodness!!! I CAN NOT believe how many women are going through this problem. God bless all of you women for posting your advice and experiences. I would like to first say thank you to each and everyone of you. Although I am not happy the BV exists, I am so happy that I am not the only one going through this. It is so embarressing for me at work. I can smell the odor right through my pants. I feel like I have no control over my life anymore. I have been suffering from BV off and on for the past 5 years. For awhile I was doing very good. I would get it maybe once a year, if that, because I was taking Acidophilus once a day by mouth and I eat yogurt daily. But recently, I smelled a disturbing odor that I can almost say is worse than the BV odor. I went to the doctor and he told me that I didn't have any infection. I really don't know what to do, it is so bad I just want to go in the closet and never come out. I went and bought more acidophilus yesterday and I am going to buy the folic acid today. I will let you know in about a week if this work. Thank you so much to everyone."

[YEA]  03/13/2009: Marie from Cleveland, Ohio writes: "I had been suffering with BV for about 6 years and it was only getting worse. I was in a longterm and exclusive relationship but, yet I couldn't really get comfortable with him because of the BV. I tried metro gel and scent free, dye free soaps, diflucan, OTC creams and pills but nothing worked. Then only thing that gave me any relef was Rephresh but it didn't even last the three days it was supposed to and it was getting expensive at $19 for a box of 4, three days treatments. I finally went to GNC and bought super acidophlus (10 billion CFU). I tried it and I was better after 3 days. However, I still had minimal symptoms. Then I had a toohtache and a subsequent root canal and my dentist prescribed oral clindamycin. I took this for 10 days while I was taking the super acidophlus and they must have complemented one another because I haven't had issues since and I don't even take my acidophilus or my multi-vitamin with folic acid every day. Before and after my periods and after intercourse I get a bit of extra discharge which scare me straight to the fridge for my acidophilus. I take a about 3 a day for about 3 days straight and I don't have any problems. Probiotics are my friend!!!!!!!!

Please note : I take folic acid in the form of a mulit-vitamin - but I wasn't even aware the folic acid was in the vitamin or that it was a possible treatment for bv but now I know. However, when I was only taking the multivitamin my bv was horrible. It may have been that I wasn't taking a therapeutic dose. I'm not sure with the folic acid but, it was the super acidophilus that had an immediate effect."

[YEA]  02/14/2009: Chris from Richmond, VA United States writes: "After taking Probiotic Acidophilus(10mg-2 capsules twice a day) and Folic Acid (400mcg 1 twice a day) my symptoms disappeared in about 48 hours. The stink is gone! Nasty but true. I was on my third day of antibiotics when i found this site and ran out to CVS at midnight to buy the goods-my symptoms were turning from a discharge and smell to discharge burning and smell. Like i said in about 48 hours things were really clearing up. My doctor didn't even mention that this could re-occur and i was wondering why i had a refill on the antibiotic! Oh well, thanks to this site i have found a cure...thanks everybody"

[YEA]  01/24/2009: I want to be free from New York, NY writes: "Well where do I begin, I started having problems with my vagina after my husband and I got engaged. During our engagement we were highly active what can I say we were in love with each other, but now I wish we had waited for holy reasons and personal, he never pushed me or made me feel like i had to, any way enough with that, about six months after we got married my persoanl world began to collapse all around me. My husband began to become a monster in a nightmare, he even accused me of being unfaithful, I first started out experiencing severe yeast infections so much so that one doctor gave up on me and dismissed me as her patient. I tried everything going from doctor to doctor even female doctors will get tired of you. whatever happen to doctors who wouldnt sleep until their patients are healed. Now all they care about is copays. Anywho I have had problems with yeast infections and bv for last fourteen years. I can relate to so many of you, I know sometimes we want to say that this horrible creature that has grown within us has ruined our relationship, Come on ladies, let's be honest and real sicknesses and diseases doesnt ruin relationship, only the man that we love who is not be understanding and patient and willing to do what ever it takes to wait until we can physically pleased them love is more than just physical. Im sorry I hope I didnt offend any one but so many time we put the blame on the wrong things and the wrong individiuals. Lets be real this ought to show us if you cant survive bv with me, will you survive cancer or old age if and when it happens to me. Anywho again I believe sometimes weak immunity from many different things can affect our natural balance and hereditary may a factor. Many of my female cousins have told me a few years ago that they have had the same experience. But to make my emotions worse my then 18 month old daughter began experiencing the same things that I was, I took her to the docotors and specialist for two years and nothing they did helped her. she is now nine and I look at the infection on the outsides of her folds and I silently cry. I dont want her to see me crying, my husband doesnt get really involved in her care, just always says he trust me to do whats right. Well after see her sickness again last night and seeing my bv every time I go to the bathroom I see thick yellow discharge, forunately I dont have any smell with mine but she is starting to have awful and I mean awful smell, I believe my daughter was misdiagnosed at the children's hospital, they said she had a weird child disorder that only children have. But my daugther symptoms are just like mine, yellow discharge no itching, she has smell I do not. But God bless all of you you have given me hope and remember ladies just because this has happened to us, we are still beautiful and even though sometimes we feel like creatures that doesnt mean we are. If you husband or boyfriend looks at you with disgust, rebuke that thought and if hes your boyfriend take that as a sign from God he's not the one for you. The one who is truly for you will love and be patien and kind and understanding. The one truly for you will do what we are all doing research, prayer, tears he must have I will do whatever it takes to make you well, I love you. Thats what the one that is meant for us is supposed to say. Late this morning I took 2 billion acidophilius and I have not had any discharge in my underwear, I normally have to change my underwear six times a day, but I feel pretty good and there is like a unusual really feel good coolness coming into my vagina. I also took an extra multiple vitamins that has folic acid of 400 mcg in it on top of the my reg vitamin that I take every morning that will give me 800 total. I am going to try to figure out what to give to my daugther so she can be free, I guess half of the normal adult dose sounds right. Its hard to believe all this time my cure was right in my face all the long every day. The scripture from the bible is right. "The people perish for the lack of knowledge." But we shall not any longer."

[BETTER BUT NOT CURED]  01/23/2009: Unique from Tulsa, OK writes: "After reading seveal emails from women about how great this remedy is I went out and bought Folic Acid & Acidophilus. I take six 400mg folic Acid and 1 extra strength Acidophilus by mouth and insert 1 pill at bed time. I have done this everyday for three days. I am better but not cured. The smell is not as bad as it was before. I am going to the doctor to get some medicine. The remedy was worth a try."

[BETTER BUT NOT CURED]  01/21/2009: Jan from Kingsland, TX writes: "I HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH BV FOR MANY YEARS. TODAY, I HAVE BEEN SUFFERING FOR 3 WEEKS WITH NO RELIEF IN SIGHT. I HAVE TRIED FOLIC ACID AND ACIDAOPHILUS. ALSO, I HAVE BEEN TAKING VIT. A, C & E, B-COMPLEX, ZINC, CRANBERRY TABLETS AND TWO WEEKS. MY SYMPTOMS HAVE BEEN MILD BUT STILL PRESENT. IN ADDITION, I HAVE ANAL ITCHING AND HEMORRHOIDS. LADIES! I NEED SOME HELP HERE. ANY IDEALS FOR RELIEF. I AM DESPARATE AND NEED HELP. IT'S BEEN 3 WEEKS SINCE I HAVE BEEN WITH MY HUSBAND."

[YEA]  01/16/2009: Danielle from Denver, CO writes: "I am so thankful I came across this site. :)) I have been suffering for a couple of years from this unsightly infection. I have used flagyl and diflucan more than any other medication in my life it seems and the last several months it would just not stay away.

I have the same sex partner and have for the past 3 yrs. I sometimes think that it is his sperm, or that it is because he is not circumcised. My Dr says it possible but cant determined if its true. I dont want to stop intercourse with him and we do want to have a baby sometime. Anyhow, douching is not good and I do not reccomend doing it but I do recommend taking folic acid and High Potency Probotic from whole foods. I also take Stress B. I have been taking it for just 3 days and the itching, and discharge have gone away. :) I never really had the fishy smell so I dont need to worry about that. BYe Bye Flagl, bye bye BV"

[BETTER BUT NOT CURED]  01/11/2009: Roxxane from New York, NY, USA writes: "I just got to your website 2 days ago I have had bv for 5 years iit just came out of no where fish odor discharge I felt nasty dirty and unattractive u know how embarassing it is to have to work around people and u stink down ther I smell it right through my pants ughhhh all women want to smell clean and feel sexy,The doctors are the worst I went three times one doctor told me I dont smell anything, Im like is your nose stuffed?lol Its not funny but to see u ladies is a blessing I felt alone now im sharing my story!!!Im trying folic acid andAcidophillus so far,so good I just want my vagina back!!!! No im not having sex until my vag returns!!!!!!!!Thank u ladies I will write again and let u know if I got my vag back!!!"

[YEA]  01/10/2009: Cured from Dallas, Texas writes: "Hi everyone.. I first want to give out a thanks to all of you who have written to this site and especially EarthClinic for providing such a great forum. I have been suffering from BV since I was 18 years old. I went to endless doctor visits with no insurance and spent hundreds of dollars. I was diagnosed with a yeast infection, vulvar vestibulitis,hpv, etc. All which was not true. All of my pain from the vaginal area (during sex) was coming from bv. Please ladies, always make sure that you dont have sex when your dry and irritated (it makes it worse). Then came the awful fishy smell. At first, it would only come once in a while which i sucessfully treated with metronidazole. From personal experience, I advice the vaginal gel insert form of metronidazole. The medication would always work but it seemed to come back either after sex or after menstruation. I was so sick of paying for medication and always thought that it would eventually not work if i kept on using it. Also, these antibiotics kill of the good bacteria as well.
This is how i cured my bv at 22. First, I used my last prescription of metronidazole (the vaginal get insert kind). (do this because your body needs to kill all of the gardnella bacteria and although its hard, you have to avoid sex during this week). Remember to use the medication for a full 7 days even if the smell goes away sooner. and try not to miss a dose. While taking the medication, remember to take acidophillus to keep your body from getting a yeast infection from the good bacteria that is also going to be killed off by the metronidazole. I prefer Nature's Way Reuteri Pearls. Every morning, I wake up and take a folic acid 400 mcg and a reuteri pearl on an empty stomach. Then, I take a multi-vitamin that has 400 mcg of folic acid as well after lunch (which totals my daily folic acid intake to 800 mcg). I suggest you take a multi-vitamin because the variety of vitamins help your body in recovery and stabilizing (and its good for your body too). After doing this, I have never noticed the fishy smell again. I just dont know why these ob gyn doctors can't tell you the importance of folic acid and acidophillus. If the concern for bv is this outrageous, these doctors and med scientists should try forcefully to find a cure once and for all.. right? but until they do for sure, I'm going to take these supplements everyday which helps me keep at bay. Sorry this text it so long, but I really hope another is cured just like I have."

[YEA]  01/10/2009: kelly from Los Angeles, Ca writes: "I am one of the lucky few who doesn't normally suffer from Vaginal issues. I am 33 years old. I have had only 2 yeast infections and one bladder infection up until a year ago. Embarrassingly enough, I contracted a Bacterial infection from an uncleaned toy. Oh the things we do. Easy enough I went to the doctor, got antibiotics and it went away. Then 4 months ago, I seemed to have gotten that recognizable vile odor back that permeates through my clothes... from an unclean toy I did not insert, I assume, or that guy I slept with three weeks earlier.. But it was oh too familiar a scent to not relate to being BV again. So as my finances go, I make too much money to get a free clinic at Planned Parenthood, I don't earn enough to spend the $100 on the exam, so I self diagnosed and took a Z-pack of antibiotics a friend gave me. It seemed to have gone away but only briefly before it returned. At that point I researched on-line and have been taking 2 tablets of Acidophilus & Probiotic complex supplements a day with 1 tablet of b-12 / folic acid / b-6, on top of eating yogurt regularly. As soon as I got the supplements I crushed a acidophilus tablet and stirred it with some yogurt and inserted it into my vagina for about 4 days. The smell is gone! It seems to have worked! I am still a little worried about letting my man put his face in that area out of fear that maybe I just got used to the smell.. but It seems okay. I am confused about douching because I hear so much about how it is bad for you.. so I won't do that... but but but am I going to have to take these supplements forever? do I need to have yogurt everyday from now on or smell again? when can I get my confidence back that this Vaginal odor is gone for good? What do I do from here?"

[YEA]  01/09/2009: De from augusta, ga writes: "IM 19 YEARS OLD, I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH BV FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS, LIKE EVERYONE SAYS THE DOCTOR GIVE ME FLAGYL AND A YEAST INFECTION CREAM BUT IT COMES RIGHT BACK A MONTH OR TWO. ITS SUCH A HOLD UP AND IT STRESSES ME OUT. I CANT HAVE SEXUAL INTERCOURSE BECAUSE I SMELL FISHY, ILL WASH AND WASH BUT I STILL HAVE THAT BAD BAD ODOR, I HAVE NO ITCHING (I THINK THE ITCHING COME WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING TO UPSET THE VAGINAL, LIKE SOAPS AND SILK UNDERWEAR) I TRY THE FOLIC ACID FIRST I TOOK 3 PILLS, I WAS THINKING THIS DOESNT WORK, THE NEXT DAY I SMELL MY SELF AND THE SMELL WAS VERY LIGHT, WASNT STRONG, LIKE IT HAD DECREASED. I SAID WOW!!!!!! FOLIC ACID DOES WORK, I JUST TOOK 3 MORE F/A AND I TOOK 1 AIDOPHILUS PILL, AT THIS RATE IT SHOULD BE GONE IN THE MORNING, THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE WONDERFUL BLESSING."

01/03/2009: SRL from Greensboro, NC writes: "hello ladies i'm 27 yrs old and have been dealing with bv for 8 long year now every month, i might get lucky and not see it for 2 mths and that every blue moon. same thing taking antibiotics back to back. i think i'm going to loose my mind any day now.. i just left the gnc store and brought pro-bitics acidophilus 14 billion per capsul and folic acid 1000 mcg i pray this works for me.. ill keep u guys posted."

[YEA]  01/02/2009: Kayla from Lexington, Kentucky writes: "Hi everyone my name is kayla and i just wanted to let everyone know that you alls comments really helped me n changed my life. Thank You So Much! I've been dealiung with BV for 2 years now and finally found a way to get it to stay away. Thank You all again for your help. hope that the PB8(acidophillus) and the folic acid helps every and anyone with these horrible systems. you should also try (Bifidus) iut also helps he pre-vention of BV. Thanks ones again and I will be shore to spread the news to all my girl-friends. kayla"

[YEA]  12/18/2008: Toni from Pittsburgh, PA writes: "i tried the combination of probiotic aciduphilus pills & folic acid for bv. i have to say that i am quite impressed. no more horid smell and the discharge is at a bare minimum now. THANK GOODNESS!!!i was losing my mind trying to get rid of this. but thanks to this remedy my worries are over."

12/12/2008: Gwenda from Jersey City, New Jersey writes: "I've had BV for 12 years now. Constant visits to the doctors did nothing. Any prescription medicine I took worked temporarily and it just became a waste of money and time.

I tried taking 1 400mg of folic acid nightly and noticed that it went away.. temporarily. So I stopped. Then when I was eating some yogurt I noticed that it lightened up. I went out and bought some acidophilus. I took 3 last night, and 2 of folic acid. This morning I took 2 acidophilus. I thought it'd work for sure but... I feel like I have a lot more discharge then usual!! Perhaps I should ease up on the acidophilus?? And wait it out I suppose?"

[WORKED TEMPORARILY]  12/04/2008: Deva from Eureka , CA writes: "I tried 800 mg of folic acid and 2 acidopholus pills a day. It worked for a couple of days. Then my bv came back and I can't figure out how to cure it. I once cured it temporarily with boric acid suppositories but it came back. I have tried all the herbal capsules advertised when you google bv. I need a new approach if anybody can help."

[YEA]  11/25/2008: Ann from Surrey, B.C. Canada writes: "OMG..I can't believe it...I have suffered from BV for most of my adult life (I'm 55) and when I read about using acidophilus and folic acid to relieve BV I was very skeptical. For years and years I've been washing about 3 times a day to try and get rid of the odor. Sometimes I would even get out of bed in the middle of the night to wash because I couldn't stand the smell, and as soon as I got home from work I headed right to the bathroom. Needless to say, this has really dampened my sex life (oral sex has absolutely been out of the question). I read about the acidophilus/folic acid and thought yeah okay, I'll try it...what can it hurt? So I bought 1 mg size folic acid (very cheap at Costco ...$3.39 for 365 tablets!) and acidophilus with bifidus which has 3 different lactobacillus strains - over 6 billion in total. I couldn't find "pill" form, only capsules. The first day I used two capsules (one in a.m., and one in p.m.)..opened them up and used my wet finger to apply the "granules" internally; I've also been taking 3 capsules orally and one folic acid orally everyday.Unbelievably after about a day and a half the odor had greatly lessened but I was still rather doubtful that it would totally disappear. This is now the fourth day, and can you believe it....NO ODOR!!! (and I keep checking and checking). I think I will stick with the 3 capsules of acidophilus and one of the folic acid for a few months and then try and cut down the dosage. I am truly amazed...it was sooo easy!!!"

[YEA]  11/16/2008: Sarah from Rochester, Michigan, United States writes: "Take acidophilus and folic acid, it really does work! Thank you to everyone here that apssed on this miracle cure! I am so happy with the results I want to tell everyone who's suffering with bv to try it. I think you need to adjust the amount you take with the kind of results you get. I started taking just acidophilus twice a day and it calmed down the symptoms but it didnt make them go away also putting a tablet inside the vagina helped even more but the odor was still there during sex. I continued on the acidophilus twice a day and took 1 800mcg of folic acid a day.Within hours of taking the folic acid the discharge and odor were completely gone. I am now taking one acidophilus and one folic acid a day. No signs yet of the bv. I am so happy to have found a way to manage my bv. I firmly believe that once you get bv you will get it again. Antibiotics really dont work because you cant take them forever. There is no cure for bv so you have to keep it under control by taking folic acid. Obviously women who are suffering from bv have a folic acid deficiancy. Too bad the doctors cant figure that out for you.Thank god for the internet!"

[YEA]  10/16/2008: Aimee from Lorain, Oh writes: "I came across Earth Clinic because I have been doing some research in regard to Bacterial Vaginosis, I have had this condition on and off for about 10 years, everytime I get it I go to the doctor spend a couple of hundred dollars, get some flagil then I get the BV back and do the same thing over again. Recently I came down with the BV again and I went and got the Flagil and it came back like usual as soon as I was done with the prescription so I started investigating and came across this site the acidophilus and folic acid have done wonders for me BV is gone, I started to take 2(1 billion) acidophilus capsules in the am and pm every day and 1 folic acid in the am daily I also inserted 1 acidophilus capsule 2 days in a row when I first recieved them (i didnt like inserting them because they are gritty and so sex will be out of the question for a few days afterward). So now its 2 weeks later and I have no symptoms at all!!!!!!! Hurray! Thank you so much Earth Clinic and everyone who has posted and helped out so many women with this ailment. I am also going to try the Apple Cider Vinegar daily and Oil pulling I will post on these things after I have tried them for a while to see how they work. Thank you again."