Drug	Dosage		Cost (generic)*
Oral treatment
Metronidazole (Flagyl)	500 mg twice daily for seven days		$35.98 ($4.20 to $4.64)
		or
	2 g in a single dose†		10.29 ($1.20 to $1.32)
Clindamycin (Cleocin)	300 mg twice daily for seven days		35.28 ($27.44 to $28.84‡)
Topical treatment
Clindamycin 2% vaginal cream	5 g at bedtime for seven days		30.23
Metronidazole vaginal gel (Metrogel vaginal)§	5 g twice daily or at bedtime for five days		26.40