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What treatment looks like, from first dose to follow-up.
A positive result is a starting point, not a verdict. Most STIs are cured with a short course of antibiotics, and the rest are managed well with modern medicine. These guides walk through what treatment actually looks like: the drugs, the timeline, when to retest, and how to avoid passing it on or getting reinfected.
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Mostly yes - alcohol doesn't interfere with the antibiotics used for chlamydia, gonorrhea, or syphilis. The real exception is metronidazole and tinidazole (for trichomoniasis and BV), which react badl
Read the guideMost people start feeling better within a few days of starting STI treatment, but "feeling better" isn't the same as cured.
Gonorrhea treatment is now a single injection of the antibiotic ceftriaxone - not the oral pills or drug combinations once used.
Finished treatment? Find out when the CDC says it's safe to have sex again, when a reinfection retest is due, and how that differs from a test of cure - with calendar reminders you can export.
Most STIs can be safely treated during pregnancy, and treating them protects the baby as much as the parent.
The standard treatment for uncomplicated gonorrhea is a single intramuscular injection of ceftriaxone, given in the clinic.
STDs come back after treatment for three main reasons: you got reinfected (usually by an untreated partner), the medicine never fully cleared the infection, or the infection was viral and can't be cured at all, only controlled.
Without insurance, STI treatment is usually cheaper than people fear.
Yes - hepatitis C is curable for almost everyone.
For uncomplicated genital chlamydia, current CDC guidance prefers doxycycline (100 mg twice daily for 7 days) over single-dose azithromycin (1 g).
LGV treatment is a long course of antibiotics: doxycycline taken by mouth twice a day for three weeks. That extended length is what sets it apart from the short course used for ordi
Antibiotics cure bacterial and parasitic STIs - chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and trichomoniasis - by killing the organism outright.
Trichomoniasis treatment is a course of oral antiparasitic pills.
If you're pregnant and allergic to penicillin and you test positive for syphilis, the answer is reassuring: you'll most likely be desensitized to penicillin under medical supervision and then treated,.
You can get treated online for some STIs without an in-person visit: a telehealth clinician reviews your test results or symptoms, then sends a prescription to your pharmacy. This works for several ba
Hepatitis B treatment depends on the stage. Acute infection usually needs only rest and supportive care while your body clears the virus. Chronic hepatitis B has no cure, but FDA-approved antiviral pi
After STD treatment, timing depends on what you're checking. A true test of cure - confirming the infection is gone - is only routine for a few infections and is done weeks after you finish meds.
NGU treatment is a defined course of antibiotics.
There's no cure for genital herpes, but two antiviral strategies control it well: episodic therapy means a short course of pills taken at the very first sign of an outbreak to shorten it, while suppre
Yes - you can get tested and treated for an STI without telling your partner, because your medical care is confidential and no law forces you to disclose.