Authorities in the United States require health services to prescribe a certain antibiotic the day after sexual contact as a preventive measure to combat sexually transmitted diseases.
Because the rate of sexually transmitted diseases is increasing, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends the use of doxycycline, which has been shown to be effective in reducing diseases such as chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis infection. In this way, we can talk about a new chapter through which sexually transmitted diseases can be prevented, especially among high-risk populations.
The request comes in the wake of studies showing that gay and bisexual men who took doxycycline within three days of unprotected sex had a lower risk of contracting chlamydia, syphilis or gonorrhea than study participants who did not. took this pill after sex.
More research is needed to determine effectiveness among other groups, such as women and heterosexual individuals. Once approved, the move could join prevention methods like the HPV vaccine and the HIV prevention pill.
Doxycycline is an antibiotic that has been used for more than 40 years and was designed to treat conditions such as acne, chlamydia, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, also known as Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
A study published in April in The New England Journal of Medicine speaks to the effectiveness of this antibiotic, due to the reduction of the risk of gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis in two-thirds of men who have sex with other men.
The CDC proposal clarifies post-exposure prophylaxis to administer the drug after a potential exposure to an infection as a strategy to prevent HIV disease or other infections.
After the study was published in April, California Department of Public Health recommended the preventive treatment for use by “all individuals who are not pregnant,” noting that it can be effective if given “within 72 hours of unprotected oral, anal, or vaginal sex.”
Doxycycline: side effects
Patients taking this antibiotic may experience gastrointestinal problems: anorexia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, glossitis, dysphagia, enterocolitis, and inflammatory lesions in the ano-genital region (candidiasis). Hepatic dysfunction has been rarely reported.
2023-10-05 12:26:10
#unprotected #sex #antibiotic #day #prevent #STDs #effects
