Gonnorhea two courses of antibiotics

[skylars]

Hi,

I'm an Australian 19 year old gay male who was tested for Gonnorhea and came back positive.

I first went to the doctors a few days after seeing a yellow discharge from my penis, and got a blood test, urine test and internal swab done. I was also prescribed a single dose of Azithromyxin as it was though I had Chlamydia.

Once I had this the symptoms stopped for 1 week, then however came back, this time a white discharge not yellow. The urine test came back negative, but the swab was positive. I was then given Doxcycline 3 times a day for 7 days. The discharge stopped and then I (think) it returned 5 days later, whilst I was still on the medication. I finished my course of antibiotics, and I don't think I'm getting any discharge however my penis still has a very mild pain maybe twice a day, it does not hurt whilst urinating either (as opposed to before)

I'm getting re-tested on Monday however through my research what has been prescribed to me, Doxcycline is not usually used to treat Gonnorhea only Chlamydia.

Maybe I could grab some help/opinions? I'd post on the "Ask a Doctor" forum, but I'm afraid I really can't afford it being a student with no job :(

I really appreciate any help anyone can give me

[Vance2335]

lance41 if you have a question start a new thread.

[lance41]

how we could test the gonorrhea test?

[lance41]

how could be cure gonnorhea?and what is the right antibiotic could use?how long it could take to medicate it.how could we know if we are totaly cured?what signed?

[gracefromHHP]

we don't recommend using doxy any more for gonorrhea treatment. since you've only had oral antibiotics at this point, certainly follow up with repeat gonorrhea testing any time after 1 week after last finishing antibiotics to make sure the infection was cleared properly.

grace

[Vance2335]

Roc is given as a shot but pills is Doxy. Sounds like things are getting better.

[skylars]

Oh, I didn't know that, I presumed only Rocephin was reccomended to treat it, so far so good, no discharge, I even wore black underwear to be sure :D

Thanks for the reply Vance2335
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[Vance2335]

Pain I would say might be mental. As long as discharge stopped that means it is probably cured. Doxy is actually the treatment normally given for Gonorrhea.

[skylars]

any ideas :s

I don't seem to be having any discharge, but I still get a mild pain or ache which lasts maybe half a second and can extend down to my rectum.... Probably once every 20min.
I mean it doesn't annoy me.. Could if just be a psychological thing?