proper dosage

[slikerz]

i was about to be cured from Gonorrhea but i skip some dosage of cephalexin, my problem now is i need to switch to CIPROFLOXACIN but i found out that it wasn't working for me some how im one of those patient's who were resistant to it according to the UPDATES on GONORRHEA RESISTANCE... should i go back to cephalexin? my dosage before was 500mg 3x a day...


This discussion is related to Keflex.

[auntiejessi]

Tell her you talked to the CDC or something if you need to.  Its fairly common knowledge that being on antibiotics can affect some std testing.  

Good luck!!

[slikerz]

okay thanks.... actually im preparing already fro that kind of medication because my doctor was already explaining what medications i need... but isnt it ironic to tell the doctor that " Dr,. the antibiotic that i am taking in is making my result false negativ" the dr. might think that i assume i know everything... i cant tell her that im getting info from the internet.. but ill give it a try... thanks for ur help hehehh ill get the medications soon

[auntiejessi]

You actually don't want to do a clean catch for stds because it can get rid of bacteria that the lab needs to see to make a diagnosis.

45-50 WBC isn't going to be a false result of anything.  That's quite high.

I think that you should talk to your doc about this.  There are a lot of resistant strains of gonorrhea, and cipro might not work for you.  There are more resistant strains in some locations than others, and if you are a man who has sex with men, cipro should never be used for you as there are many resistant strains in that community.

My suggestions - either get a shot of ceftriaxone, or stop all the meds, and test in 2 weeks.

AJ

[Tommy420]

I agree that since you were recently on antibiotics, your negative results might be a false negative.  The best antibiotic for gonorrhea IMO is a 250mg shot of ceftriaxone.  I'd wait for 2 weeks and get retested, if you test positive, get the shot.

[slikerz]

im thinking the same thing... hmm... so should i do? ask the doctor? but i did tell her that i was taking up an antibitotics... hmm... but still she pushed through the test.. but seriously if im prohibiting the growth well atleast there would be dead bacteria seen on the samples right? and its not anymore keflex im drinking its ciprofloxacin... so should i get another test? i think somethings wrong with my urinalysis because i didnt followed the clean catch method i just peed on the cup directly

[auntiejessi]

If your WBC count was that high, it indicates SOMETHING.  Did they do any other testing, or give you more antibiotics?

Your testing may be falsely negative because you were recently on antibiotics.  

Seriously, that's a pretty high wbc count when you consider most pleaces will treat when one of those numbers reaches anywhere between 5 and 10.

You need to follow up on this.  Just because your gram stain is neg doesn't mean you don't have gonorrhea.  The keflex you took might be inhibiting the growth of gonorrhea enough to not test positive.

AJ