“Antibiotic for STD?”
I think I have gonorrhea/Chlamydia. I've had it once before a long time ago and it's the same symptoms. I had covid earlier in the year and was really sick and they gave me cefuroxime axetil for the pneumonia I had from covid. I've read that this can be used to treat gonorrhea and chlamydia. Can I take that at a 1 gram 1 time dose to clear it up?
Male | 46 years old
Complaint duration: 2 days
Medications: Cefuroxime axetil
2 Answers
No
Greetings, you cannot use cefuroxime for the treatment of gonorrhea or chlamydia. We typically recommend an injection of antibiotic for a high dose to treat the gonorrhea and an oral antibiotic for seven days to treat the chlamydia. I would encourage you to get tested to be sure. You also should probably be tested for other sexually transmitted infections including syphilis and HIV. Those are infections that can be asymptomatic initially but cause significant problems later.
Take care.
Andrew Jameson, MD, FACP, FIDSA, AAHIVS
Section Chief-Infectious Diseases
Medical Director-Infection Control
Trinity Health Saint Mary's Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine
Clerkship Director- Internal Medicine
Michigan State University- CHM
andrew.jameson@mercyhealth.com<mailto:tannera@mercyhealth.com>
W 616.685.8206 P 616.397.3097
310 Lafayette Suite 410
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Take care.
Andrew Jameson, MD, FACP, FIDSA, AAHIVS
Section Chief-Infectious Diseases
Medical Director-Infection Control
Trinity Health Saint Mary's Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine
Clerkship Director- Internal Medicine
Michigan State University- CHM
andrew.jameson@mercyhealth.com<mailto:tannera@mercyhealth.com>
W 616.685.8206 P 616.397.3097
310 Lafayette Suite 410
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
