Doxycycline and syphilis

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Avatar m tn I am now taking doxycycline which was for my acne and I want to know if it will cure syphilis if touch wood I got it. I was very worried when I have rash develop on my chest, and start to think a lot. Do u think I may get infected? Am I safe with the condoms?
Avatar m tn 2- I read that syphilis is also a risk in receiving oral sex. Should I trust reciphon and doxycline to cure and prevent syphilis? If not, should I start to take penicilin right now? I am so obsessive that I am reading 5 hours about STDs in a day. By the way, I contacted to this guy and informed him about this situation. Best Wishes Doctor.
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 Hi doc thanks for your time and sorry about my bed English , about 12 days ago 31th of May I had unprotected oral sex and protect vagian sex with sex work , after 3 days I had sore throat, I went to see my doctor and she gave me cilicaine vk now is getting better, today I found inside my mouth by right cheek have one big lump with ulcer so I went to see doc again I was so worry about this is may syphilis symptom , this time he gave me doxycycline , ask to to finish in 7 days, my question is what
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 m tn Accordingly, it will make gonorrhea and chlamydia tests negative, and may result in lower strength in RPR and VDRL, commonly used to diagnose syphilis. But this isn't really the same as "interference": that is, the tests themselves work just fine after or during doxycycline treatment.
Avatar m tn All of this makes syphilis unlikely. Doxycycline is treatment for a very early syphilis infection and might have kept the RPR from being positive but given all the other things which argue against your lesion being syphilis, I would feel comfortable in telling you that there is almost no chance that the lesion you noted was syphilis and furthermore, would assure you that even in the tiny chance it was, the doxycycline would have cured it.
Avatar n tn see your doctor. and realize that you canNOT treat all STDs and that MDs do NOT have good tests for all STDs. some STDS we just call em when we see them. so they can say "i don't think you have herpes" but then you could have it. unless they do a blood test and for men, then don't have a test for HPV...
20308575 tn?1494746077 may i take shot of penicillin after completing doxycycline? and may i can start doxycycline again for 14 days?
Avatar f tn Hi we dont diagnose here but what your describing would not indicate a syphilis sore as they are painless raised bumps. And please dont self medicate.
Avatar f tn HELLO, I posted here before but wanted to ask another question, what are my chances of getting HIV if I have syphilis?
Avatar n tn Syphilis would respond to doxycycline but not the others. However, it is very rare in the U.S., and lesions usually appear on the shaft, not the pubic area. If it were syphilis, you may not necessarily have received a curative dose of doxycycline, so you might want to get a blood test to be sure that you don't have it. But as I said, I doubt if what you have described were syphilis lesions.
Avatar n tn Would taking doxycycline (100mg 2x a day for 14 days) prevent a possible syphilis infection? I started taking the doxycycline 2 days after I had unprotected sex with a female bartender. I also took 2g Azithromycin and 400mg cefixime12 hours after the encounter. Then after I completed 14 days of doxycycline, I took a course of the cefixime (400mg daily for 10 days). Do I still need to worry about possible syphilis infection?
Avatar m tn 1) Given that oral syphilis is rare, and syphilis in general is rare, can you give me any idea of the odds of my having come into contact with a CSW with syphilis (I live in Germany)? 2) Due to a sinus infection, I have been taking 2 X 500 mg of Biaxin / day for the past four days, the prescription is for a total of 7 days. I started taking this 2 days after the event. Can you tell me whether this would cure potentially incubating Syphilis and Gonorrhea?
Avatar m tn I am mortified to say this but I was diagnosed with syphilis and started doxycycline yesterday (2-15-13). I have 2 sores on my lip, sort of inside. How long will it take to go away? Is there anything I can put on them? Should I be washing them or something? And (ewww) this stuff is coming off like a yellowish semi-crusty discharge.
Avatar n tn Hi, I'm 24 years old. I have syphilis. The doctor prescribed me doxycycline (100mg twice a day for 15 days). Before treatment I made blood tests: This is results (Before treatment): VDRL 1/2 FTA 1/450 TPHA 1/5120 FTA-ABS positive PS: I don't remember any symptoms. And I finish taking doxycycline. Befor I don't I treated previously for syphilis 1. What stage of syphylis is? 2. What does it mean high value TPHA 1/5120 and another low? 3.
Avatar n tn Of course you could also ask your kissing partner to be tested for syphilis. If you choose this path, do it carefully and diplomatically, to avoid upsetting him or laughing at you (which would be natural reactions among people aware how non-risky this is). If I were in your situation, I would do none of these things and I would continue unprotected sex with my wife without worrying I could infect her. I hope this has helped.
Avatar f tn I have been applying some antifungal but lately I was examined by a doctor who said it was syphilis. The bumps cleared of and came back days later. The doctor has prescribed doxycycline, clindamycin,some antihistamines and mupiderm ointment...the sores are on my buttocks and head of my penis.
Avatar f tn m taking the Doxycycline a week now and I notice a white patch on tongue and a red rash-like spot on neck and face. Does it mean, that Doxycycline isn't effective on me? Please help...
Avatar f tn symptoms, stage, why doxycycline and not penicillin, and so on.