Is there treatment for chlamydia?
• Health care providers usually give patients one of two medicines to treat chlamydia: • Doxycycline, taken orally, twice a day for seven days • Azithromycin, administered in a single dose • Alternative treatments for chlamydia include: • Erythromycin, taken orally, four times a day for seven days • Ofloxacin, taken orally, twice a day for seven days • Levofloxacin, taken orally, once a day for seven days • NOTE: Doxycycline and Ofloxacin are not advised for pregnant women. Instead, it is recommended that they take: • Erythromycin • Amoxicillin • Azithromycin • Follow up: • Take all medications as directed. • All partners should be examined and treated. • Do not have sex until you and your partner(s) have been treated and cured. • Persons with symptoms after treatment should be tested again by culture. • Infections detected after treatment with one of the recommended treatments more commonly occur because of re-infection rather than treatment failure. • Women should be retested three t
