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Self medication question

Hello Doctor, On 08-15-11 at about 4:00AM, after a long night out a buddy we took two women back to his apt.  I received unprotected oral sex and made the mistake of allowing unprotected vaginal sex for approximately 10-15 seconds.  The woman was a complete stranger.  Upon coming home, I began to worry and took a 400mg Suprax I had about 1 hour after the incident.  Approx. 16 hours later I began a regiment of Doxycycline Hyclate (100 mg) 2x daily for 7 days.  I took every dose on time for the entire 7 days.  On 08-19-11, my anxiety continued to grow and I began to have slight, nagging discomfort at the tip of my penis.  No burning while urinating, no discharge that I can tell, just this discomfort.  As I said, however, I have had severe anxiety and have been what I consider over self examining myself for symptoms.  My question is, is the amount of antibiotics I took and the timing I took them sufficient in treating/preventing Chlamydia/Gonnorhea?  Also, I want to actually get tested, but know by consuming the antibiotics I probably will not have an accurate test for several weeks.  What is the likelihood if I get tested approximately 1 week after completing treatment using urine NAAT of a false negative even with the recommended treatment?  I understand the possibility that if I was infected I may have a false positive due to dead bacteria.  Thank you
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239123 tn?1267647614
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You are correct; masking (as opposed to curing) could result from the wrong drug or inadequate dosage -- neither of which applies here.
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Thank you for the prompt reply doctor.  One quick follow up question.  I read a similar post answered by Dr. Hook yesterday in which he stated immediate self medication could prevent cure or mask infection.  How would it mask it but not treat it?  Not taking correct dosage?  Just want to be sure this possibility doesn't apply to my situation.  Thanks
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239123 tn?1267647614
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Welcome to the forum.

I would not have recommended any antibiotics in this situation, but what's done is done.  And the drugs you took would have aborted or prevented gonorrhea, chlamydia, nongonoclccal urethritis (NGU), and syphilis.  Having taken them, it is pointless to be tested; they would have prevented infection and therefore prevented positive test results. Do not waste your money on testing for those STDs.

Your symptoms are typical for genitally focused anxiety.  If they continue, see a health care provider to be sure something else isn't going on.  But I am quite confident you have no infection at all.  From the standpoint of gonorrhea, chlamydia, NGU, and syphilis, it is safe to continue unprotected sex with any regular partner(s) you may have.

Regards--  HHH, MD
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I also forgot to mention I took another 400mg suprax the day after the incident.
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The reason I am so paranoid is because I contracted Chlamydia in almost an exact same scenario in 2007.  The vaginal sex in that case was also very brief.  Thanks
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