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Bookmark or Share- Gonorrhea - What You Need to Know - Drugs.comGonorrhea is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by bacteria. Gonorrhea is spread during oral, vaginal, or anal sex. The infection most often affects the urethra, rectum, or throat. The urethra is the tube that carries urine from your bladder to the outside of your body. Anyone with multiple sex partners is at higher risk for gonorrhea.
- Ofloxacin Dosage Guide + Max Dose, Adjustments - Drugs.comUses: For the treatment of acute, uncomplicated urethral and cervical gonorrhea due to Neisseria gonorrhoeae US CDC recommendations: Due to high rates of resistance, fluoroquinolones are not recommended for treatment of gonococcal infections in the US; dual therapy with ceftriaxone and azithromycin is the recommended regimen for treatment of ...
- Azithromycin Dosage Guide + Max Dose, Adjustments - Drugs.comAll patients with sexually transmitted urethritis or cervicitis should have a serologic test for syphilis and appropriate testing/cultures for gonorrhea at time of diagnosis; if infection is confirmed, appropriate antibacterial therapy and follow-up tests for these diseases should be started.
- Is sulfamethoxazole/TMP effective against gonorhea and chlamydia?Gonorrhea is caused by the bacteria Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Penicillin use to be given but the bacteria have become resistant to it. Flouroquinolones are also used but resistance is also beginning. Antibiotics called cephalosporins are now the drugs of choice eg Ceftriaxone or alternatively Azithromycin (Zithromax). For more information visit:
- What antibiotics are used to treat chlamydia and gonorrhea? - Drugs.comFrom the 2015 Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) guidelines, the CDC recommends treatment for a gonorrhea-chlamydia coinfection with azithromycin 1 gram given orally in a single dose, plus ceftriaxone 250 mg given intramuscularly as first-line therapy.
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