It is generally not allowed to have intercourse after vaginal medication, usually vaginal medication is used to treat vaginitis or vaginal medication to supplement progesterone after pregnancy. Intercourse during vaginal medication may result in decreased drug efficacy, vaginal infection, and aggravation of the condition.
You should not have intercourse during topical vaginal medication, as intercourse will increase the chance of infection by pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses, or aggravate the symptoms of infection in the vagina, leading to mixed infections, which will aggravate the delayed condition.
After vaginal drug insertion should be at least 3-5 days after stopping the drug, until the drug residue is completely discharged before having intercourse. This is because vaginal medication is used to treat vaginitis or to supplement progesterone with vaginal medication after pregnancy. For patients with vaginitis, this vaginal medicine needs to be fully dissolved and absorbed in the vagina before it can be effective. It usually takes at least 3-5 days for such process to be completed after at least one pill is inserted.
It is recommended that if a patient with vaginitis has been given vaginal pills, a check-up should be done before intercourse to see if the vaginitis has improved. If the vaginitis has not improved, intercourse will increase the incidence of vaginitis, so it is important to wait until the test results show that the vaginitis has improved before having intercourse. If the vaginal insertion gel for the drug, need to wait for the drug residue thoroughly discharged after coitus, to avoid affecting the effect.