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Secnidazole, sold under the brand name Solosec among others, is an antimicrobial used to treat bacterial vaginosis and trichomonas vaginitis. It is taken by mouth.

Common side effects include vaginal yeast infection, headache, nausea, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Other side effects may include Safety in pregnancy and breastfeeding is unclear. It is a nitroimidazole whose mechanism of action is not entirely clear.

Secnidazole was approved for medical use in the United States in 2017. In the United States a single dose costs about 280 USD as of 2021. It has; however, been available in other parts of the world for decades.