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An antifungal cream for the itching and soreness of thrush on the skin outside the vagina. For women aged 18 to 60, after a short online consultation with a GPhC-registered pharmacist.
For women aged 18 to 60, including if you’re breastfeeding. Not for pregnancy, or if you’ve had thrush 4 or more times in a year. It can damage latex condoms and diaphragms.
Order before 3pm — same-day dispatch (MON - FRI)
~5 min consultation
Secure & confidential · Reviewed by a UK prescriber
Suitable age
18 to 60 years (women)
Max per order
1 tube (20g)
Consultation
Yes, short online consultation
Canesten Thrush Cream contains clotrimazole 2%, an antifungal that kills the yeast that causes thrush (Candida). It’s for the skin outside the vagina (the vulva), where it eases itching and soreness. It doesn’t treat the infection inside the vagina, so if you have a thick white discharge, use it with a fluconazole capsule.
Our guide to fluconazole vs Canesten compares the two, and our thrush guide explains the symptoms. See all our thrush treatments.
| Active ingredient | Clotrimazole 2% |
| Type | Antifungal cream (imidazole) |
| How often | 2 or 3 times a day |
| Legal category | Pharmacy medicine, supplied after a short online consultation |
| Suitable for | Women 18 to 60, including breastfeeding |
| Price | 20g tube £8.99 |
Who we can supply: women aged 18 to 60, including if you’re breastfeeding, with the usual symptoms of vaginal thrush: itching or soreness, and a thick white discharge that doesn’t smell. It can be your first episode.
This service isn’t suitable if you:
are pregnant, or could be (see your midwife or GP; our thrush in pregnancy guide explains why)
have had thrush 4 or more times in the last 12 months, or twice in the last 6 months (see our recurrent thrush guide)
are under 18 or over 60
have pain in your lower tummy, a high temperature, bleeding that isn’t your period, or blood in the discharge
have a discharge that smells, or is green, yellow or grey (it may be BV or an STI)
have sores, blisters or ulcers around the vagina
have diabetes that isn’t well controlled, or a weakened immune system
We only treat women. Men with genital thrush can get treatment from a pharmacist or GP; see thrush in men.
Don’t use it if you’ve had a reaction to clotrimazole or other antifungal creams. It contains cetostearyl alcohol and benzyl alcohol, which can cause skin reactions in some people.
No. It’s for the skin outside. For the infection inside, use a fluconazole capsule (or a clotrimazole pessary from a pharmacy). Many women use the cream and a capsule together.
Please see your midwife or GP; we don’t treat thrush in pregnancy online. Clotrimazole is the usual treatment in pregnancy, normally as a pessary inserted into the vagina, sometimes with an external cream for itching. Oral fluconazole is avoided. See thrush in pregnancy.
Yes. Very little clotrimazole is absorbed through the skin. Don’t apply it to your nipples.
It can damage latex condoms and diaphragms, so they may not protect you. Use another method while you’re using the cream and for 5 days after.
Canesten makes Canestest, a vaginal pH test. It can suggest BV, but it can’t confirm thrush, because thrush usually leaves the pH normal. See our Canestest guide and BV vs thrush.
It’s the same medicine at a lower strength (1%), made for skin infections such as athlete’s foot. For thrush, use the 2% thrush cream.
If you’ve had thrush 4 or more times in a year, or twice in 6 months, please see your GP. See recurrent thrush.
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