Customer Reviews

Monistat 1 Vaginal Antifungal Day or Night 1-Day Treatment Combination Pack

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4 star:		(21)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(69)

 

 

I get regular (2/year) yeast infections and was too lazy to get a diflucan refill for my most recent one since it was so mild. Instead I tried this product since I had always had good experiences with the 3 and 7 day kits. After using it before bed, I woke up at 5am and thought my uterus was going to fall out - the burning was so so so so bad. If only I had read these reviews before using it. After a few hours of tossing and turning close to tears, it finally started to go away at least enough to sit at my desk at work all day. I ended up having to call my doctor for a visit and refill anyway. Bottom line - I wasted $20, lost 4 hours sleep, had to deal with unbearable burning, and had to go to the doctor anyway for a yeast infection that was worse than if I had just plain ignored it. NEVER AGAIN.

I'm up at 2am suffering from the WORST reaction I've ever had to any kind of medication! I used the Monistat 1 day ovule at 11pm right before bed, and was literally woken up in the middle of the night with excrutiating burining and itching! I took a bath and tried to get as much of the medication out of me as possible by inserting tampon after tampon to pull out excess medication, but to no avail. I'm typing this review because I can't go back to bed and hope it prevents any other women from experiencing what I'm going through right now. I echo the sentiments of other women that this product should be taken off the shelves!! Please please please save yourself a sleepless night and don't use this. My yeast infection symptoms were MUCH more bearible than this! Ugh, what a nightmare!!

I wish I had read the reviews of this product before purchasing it. This is my first time using it and wanted to treat my recurring yeast infection without needing to go to the doctor. First of all, do NOT use this during the day. After it melts, you're left with a horrible goopy mess to deal with and any actions such as walking will cause it to leak. Secondly, I thought I had a severe allergic reaction to this but it turns out most people who have tried this, according to the reviews, have had the same HORRIFIC itching/burning that made me simultaneously want to scream and cry. It feels like someone pouring alcohol on a cut, or like tiny shards of glass are inside you. The side effect was 20 times worse than any yeast infection could ever be. Washing it out will only make it slightly better. Basically you just have to suffer until it subsides..I'm writing this 4 hours after I took it... still waiting to see if this actually helps my yeast infection.

Anyone who claims that this product didn't affect them that way or that some of these reviews are exaggerations is WRONG. Do not buy this product or you will regret it. I haven't tried the 3 or 7 day treatments but from what I have found it seems to be a much better alternative to this.

This was the first time I had ever had a yeast infection and I was in no mood to go to the doctor. I had been on antiobiotics for 2 weeks to kick a bad cold and I'm pretty sure that the antiobiotics were what caused the problem. I ran to the store and decided on Monistat 1 because I just wanted to get rid of the problem and stop all the pain and itching.

It was easy to get in and the cream that came with it gave pretty immediate relief. I wasn't sure when to expect results so I decided to look at some reviews of the product for more information...and I was terrified. Everyone seemed to complain about intense burning and even more itching. I panicked and waited around for hours for the burning to come...and it never did. Maybe a bit of a mild sensation about an hour in, but it lasted all of 15 minutes and I didn't feel anything else at all.

By the next day the swelling had gone down and the itching was greatly reduced. By day three the infection was completely gone. I have no idea why so many others had such bad reactions, but I never even noticed that it was in me. If you do decide to take it, make sure you take it at night when you go to sleep. Sitting up makes it leak a little bit and thats slightly annoying, but that might be the only complaint I have on this product. I liked Monistat 1, its really not that bad at all.

First, let me express my grievance over the title of this medication, Monistat DAY OR NIGHT with a description that says it can be used during the day and you don't have to wait until nighttime. What it fails to tell you is that after an hour, you very likely could be writhing in pain, itching yourself uncontrollably like you have chicken pox inside of you. Are those symptoms you want to be having, ESPECIALLY while you are in public during the work day?!?! The effects of this medication were intolerable-- 10 times worse than the irritation I felt beforehand. I had to fake a stomach ache at work and race home so that I could suffer in privacy. 4 hours after insertion and I am feeling just as awful. Not to mention that the product is messy--certainly not a daytime product. In fact, it's not an anytime product and should be pulled immediately. If anyone else has made the same mistake, call Monistat's 800 # and they should offer you a refund. They said this is not a "normal" reaction, although by the looks of the reviews, it does not seem like a rare reaction either.

I am sitting up at 4AM right now because I have such severe burning that is much worse than before I used the Monistat combination 1 pack. I have taken a hot shower to wash out as much as possible and it provided slight relief. I forgot that I had had a similar reaction in college to this stuff. I will not forget again and stick with Vagisil next time.

Let me start at the beginning.
I bought this product earlier today, and as soon as I got home at about 1:30pm, I went and used it right away... Then i decided AFTER I used it, to get on and read reviews....
I WAS HORRIFIED at what i read.
All the negative reviews, pretty much 9.5 out of 10 people had a bad reaction to this product.

Within a half an hour, i was experiencing the horrible burning and itching everyone had written about. It was almost unbearable! I wanted to cry, all i did was walk around, wiggle and sit on the edge of a hard chair!

This lasted about 2 hours!
Then after that, and since then I haven't had any itching or burning what so ever. It already feels better. It is now 8:30pm. I hope that the worst is over.

If you are able to tolerate torture for a few hours (i think depending on different peoples bodies it may vary) then this is a good product if you don't want the hassle of the 7 day treatment. BUT if you don't think you can handle it, then be safe and go with the other treatments!

My suggestion is that if you do get this product, watch a movie or something that will help take your mind off the uncomfortableness.

That's all the review I have, but I hope it helps someone. I know that if I had read these reviews before I just went and did it, it would have helped me immensely.

I am 29 years old and KNOW when I have a yeast infection. I normally use the 3 day Triconazole treatment and it works fine. This time I decided to use the Monistat 1 out of laziness (simply did not feel like adding an extra task to my night time routine). I purchased the product on payday at 7:30 in the morning, inserted the product at 9:30 AM when I had a chance to sneak to the bathroom and things went well for one hour. At 10:30 AM, I experienced the worst burning sensation I have ever felt in my vaginal area. It was so bad I was crossing my legs under the desk and clentching my butt cheeks together in an attempt to muscle out the pain. I literally ran to the bathroom with my bottle of cold spring water and doused myself with it over the toilette. The time is now 12:39 PM and the burning has subsided to a warming feeling. This was not worth it, even though it seems like it will work. The next time I will go ahead and purchase the 3-day treatment. Ladies this item should be discontinued because I have now researched the reviews on various sites and MANY woman have had the same issues and I don't beleive it is because that many women have mis-diagnosed. It is plainly a poor product.

I usually don't bother writing reviews for products...but I just HAD to for this one. DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT unless you want to TORTURE your vagina. I picked up the one day treatment as opposed to a 3 day treatment because I wanted to just take care of the problem and move on. I wish I had gotten the 3 day treatment instead. The itching and burning are worse than the actual infection was! The extra two days of treatment are WELL WORTH the time if you can avoid these sensations. I have never felt this miserable and uncomfortable before and am probably going to have to knock myself out to get to sleep. Not to mention the sensation of this gunk running out of you is unpleasant. Do yourself a favor, take the extra 2 days for treatment, and be kind to your lady business.

I've used other products without much difficulty, but when I tried this one-day treatment I felt about 10 times worse than when dealing with just the infection. I had constant, insufferable burning sensations and pain and itchiness that was so much worse than the yeast infection I was trying to fix. I will never, ever use this product ever again, and advise all my girlfriends against using it. If you check out the the ingredients list one of the inactive ingredients is stearyl alcohol, which after reading made me suspicious. Who wants to put alcohol down there? But when I looked it up in the material safety data sheet--a list of all chemical compounds, their known interactions and properties--it was listed as a skin irritant! This is insane! Who puts a skin irritant in something thats going on some of the most sensitive skin? Gaa! By the way, it's been days and the burning has still not gone away. Thank you Monistat for making my life more miserable. I will be switching to a non-Monistat brand for future infections. If I could give a negative five stars, I would.