Azithromycin and penicillin

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Avatar f tn Hi, can anyone advise if the treatment for oral gonorrhoea is the same as vaginal? Also as I'm allergic to penicillin is 400mg of Suprax® / Cefixime and 1000mg Azithromycin ok to treat it. I'm in the uk, what are the chances of a resistant strain?
Avatar n tn I have read lots of your post concerning biaxin and azithromycin and whether they cure syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia and NGU. I have found that biaxin is chemically different than azithromycin but biologically same at killing bacteria as azithromycin. On some post you say that azithromycin or clarithromycin(biaxin) would cure all the bacterial stds then in others you state that there could be some problems. by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.
Avatar f tn Cephalexin (Keflex) is a good antibiotic as well. The similarity with penicillin is only important for people who are allergic to penicillin (as they will also be allergic to keflex). Personally, I would go with Azithromycin (or Clindamycin) if penicillin isn't working, but Cephalexin is different enough it might work. You can tell if its working if the pain/swelling go away in 4-5 days.
Avatar n tn 2%) on azithromycin and 1/22 (4.5%) on ciprofloxacin. Hence, azithromycin stat dose has proved to be a cost-effective treatment for uncomplicated gonorrhoea supported by the increased prevalence of penicillin-resistant organisms, concomitant chlamydial infection and the high failure rate in keeping review appointments.
Avatar f tn i have been diagnosed with syphilis, am about 64kg, can i take azithromycin 1.5g for treatment?
Avatar f tn I’m really stressed and upset, so I don’t know what to do anymore. I’ve already taken the prescribed Azithromycin, and my Doctor asked for me to return for retesting in 10 days.
Avatar m tn 1)I took some Penicillin,Azithromycin and Cephalosporin discontinuously during the 8 weeks,does it affect the TP-ELISA result for syphilis testing ? 2) i mean,can i preclude the possibility of syphilis infection for the 8 weeks of the TP-ELISA test results ? thanks for helping me !
Avatar n tn In patients allergic to beta-lactams, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim), clarithromycin (Biaxin), and azithromycin. So, if you are allergic to the penicillin group your doctor could have prescribed Bactrim for you. Regards.
Avatar f tn ) I have access to a large quantity of Azithromycin not expired or old. I find no drug interactions between doxycycline and Azithromycin so will it help eradicate the infection if I give a two combo punch similar to a two-three drug regimen that is available for HIV? Going to take doxycycline 200mg/total a day split into two doses and since I took 3g of Azithromycin already was going to take 500mg a day for 15 days. I just want to make sure I won’t be doing more harm than good.
Avatar m tn 0 grams (4 500 mg pills) taken at one time is just as effective as penicillin for syphilis treatment however, there are some cases of treatment failures with azithromycin for syphilis treatment and many of the treatment failures have come from San Francisco where you apparently live. Thus this is a matter of concern. While many people will be cured by therapy of early syphilis with azithromycin, the dose you have received is not the recommended dose.
Avatar n tn I have sick sinus syndrome with afib. and bradycardia. I take flecainide 150mg twice a day. Any time that I need an antibiotics doctors, other than my cardiologist, struggle to find one that isn't countraindicated.
Avatar f tn Syphilis has already defeated one drug used to treat it, azithromycin. Between 2000 and 2004, the prevalence of azithromycin-resistant syphilis in one San Francisco clinic jumped from zero percent to 56 percent. “We have since been looking at azithromycin mutations in strains from all over the country and world,” said Sheila Lukehart, research professor of medicine at the University of Washington and an author of the New England Journal of Medicine report about the San Francisco clinic.
Avatar n tn It is statistically very unlikely that any gonorrhea would be resistant to all 3 antibiotics you have received, i.e. cipro, azithromycin, and penicillin. Gonorrhea is no longer a concern. The penicillin definitely will cure syphilis if you were exposed.
Avatar m tn tested positive for syphillis) therefore a few days after that,i decided to go to another doctor for a second opinion and was given azithromycin 500mg to be taken once daily, he said it is a better choice than doxycycline. I did some further readings, azithromycin seems to be given more for GO & chlamydia rather than syphillis. currently, i am still taking doxycycline twice daily 100mg capsule. Should i change to azithromycin and stop the doxycycline regime, or just stay with doxycycline?
Avatar f tn before and after my periods i get this white/clear discharge but i went to the doctor and i had an std but the medcine that the doctor gave me did not work i took it right im still having the same discharge is it a yeast infection an not another std
Avatar m tn I got infected about 3 weeks ago with Gonorrhea of the throat i had a mild sore throat and just thought it was tonsillitis since i suffer from it a lot i just went to a STD clinic and told me i have Gonorrhea in the throat and since i am extremely allergic to penicillin they gave me 2 gm of Azithromycin to take in a single dose which i did today. Now, since yesterday i have been experiencing some joint discomfort and sever non-stop tingling all over my body. My question is could this be DGI?
Avatar m tn m guessing the injected antibiotic was ceftriaxone, not penicillin) and that the two other pills were azithromycin. If so, you were treated appropriately and adequately, and within 24 hours you were non-infectious for your partner. We usually recommend waiting a week after treatment to resume sex, but actually 2-3 days is plenty, so you can be confident you did not put your more recent partner at risk.
Avatar n tn Tppa negative The doctor advised that I should be treated with 2.4 million units of Benzathin Penicillin once a week and maintain for 4 weeks. I accepted the advice and have the frist injection yestoday. I know syphilis is easy to cure in its early stages. But I am warry abot the resluts of serologic tests. Because I will leave school in several month.
475555 tn?1469304339 Penicillin works for me. The other stuff is not so good. If I was desperate and on S/O I'd take penicillin. I'd try going without anything at first and using a good mouth rinse maybe a sea salt rinse like in the old days. When a month passes you will be in a new phase of treatment. You'll feel it. Then you can decide.
Avatar f tn So I had chlamydia about a month ago, approximately, and my tonsils were very swollen, so when I got treated for the chlamydia they prescribed me azithromycin, so I took the medication and within a week my symptoms were going away one by one by my tonsils still are very swollen to this day and they don't seem to be going down, ive always had generally large tonsils but never this large. My tonsils have these little holes in them and sometimes the holes with have puss in them.
Avatar n tn Other known pathogens causing infections of the throat are viral and yeast (candida). The antibiotic of choice for a streptococcal infection is penicillin but azithromycin is also effective. Hope this helped and do keep us posted.
Avatar f tn He has started treatment with doxycycline and azithromycin. A day after starting treatment a few red spots appeared under the skin on his hands (both hands, 3/4 sports clustered together). The skin is not broken, the spots are under the skin. They have also started to fade away after a day. We asume these are a syphilis rash. Since the skin is not broken, are these red spots contagious? Can I get syphilis from shaking his hand? What about from hugging him?
Avatar f tn you need to repeat your gonorrhea testing from the sounds of things. You should've both had a shot of penicillin and also a shot of ceftriaxone along with azithromycin pills. what you posted doesn't sound like you had proper treatment for all 3 of these std's. both of you repeat your gonorrhea testing to make sure it's gone.
Avatar n tn discomfort in my penis/ urethra, testicle pain and dysuria. Dr took blood and urine samples (came back negative) & prescribed azthromycin and another antibiotic for UTI. 3 Days later with symptoms still persisting I visited STD clinic. (Chlamydia, gonorrhea, & MG - negative) They said: very low risk event - continue life normally, including sex with my wife. 6 weeks later: symptoms persist. 10-20 mins after urination: mild to moderate burning pain in my urethra. Dysuria persists.
Avatar f tn Run-of-the-mill strep throat usually gets a single whopping antibiotic (e.g. Z-pac/ azithromycin) but not double antibiotics and steroids to boot. Have they perhaps mentioned a concern for MRSA (penicillin resistant staph infection)? That would make more sense... As far as they reaction goes, I think it is more likely you have a mild thyroiditis -sort of like your thyroid getting the flu. This would cause the rate increase.
1084115 tn?1385228589 Macrolide antibiotics like erythromycin, azithromycin, chloramphenicol, lincomycine, and clindamycin which are excreted and detoxified by liver should be used with cautions in these patients. Tetracycline, Isoniazid and Rifampin have prolonged half life in patients with liver cirrhosis. Metronidazole ketocanozole, miconazole, fluconazole, itraconazole, and nitrofurantoin pyrazinamide should be used with caution.