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I am currently taking Clarithromycin and recently had unprotected sex what are the chances of catching an std


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Clarithromycin isn't the treatment of choice for any STD. However, it would effectively prevent most cases of gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, or nongonococcal urethritis (NGU). But not all.

Antibiotics, including clarithromycin, have no effect on viruses and therefore cannot prevent herpes, HPV, or HIV.
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That's not what I said. Also HPV and HIV, and a reduced but not zero chance of syphilis and gonorrhea. Chlamydia is the only STD clarithromycin would definitely prevent.
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So what you are saying is the only std that I could have caught is herpes.
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I am currently taking Clarithromycin and recently had unprotected sex what are the chances of catching an std
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