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STDs (Expert Forum)
Anti-biotics
Answered by
University of Washington
Seattle - WA
Welcome to the STD Forum, which is intended only for questions and support pertaining to sexually transmitted diseases other than HIV/AIDS, including chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, human papillomavirus, genital warts, trichomonas, other vaginal infections, nongonoccal urethritis (NGU), cervicitis, molluscum contagiosum, chancroid, and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). All questions will be answered by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D. or Edward W Hook, MD.
Anti-biotics
by veryunsure, Apr 29, 2006 12:00AM
Is it possible to get infected with the likes clamydia (chlamydia) & gonnorhea if you had anti-biotics (Doxy) in your system at the time of sex? could the bacteria still get thru that barrier?
Doctor's Answer
by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., Apr 29, 2006 12:00AM
, Apr 29, 2006 12:00AM
No. Definitely having doxycycline on board would protect against chlamydia and almost certainly gonorrhea as well. Some gonorrhea strains are not fully susceptible to doxy, but even those generally would be inhibited. However, there would be no protection against viral STDs (herpes, HPV, HIV, etc). And for women the risk of certain genital infections (yeast, bacterial vaginosis) is increased by antibiotics.
HHH, MD
HHH, MD
Member Comments (2)
by veryunsure, Apr 29, 2006 12:00AM
Excellent, thanks Doc.
