I must stop getting these BBBJ's.
CDC No Longer Recommends Oral Drug for Gonorrhea Treatment.
Change is critical to preserve last effective treatment option.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer recommends the oral antibiotic cefixime as a first-line treatment option for gonorrhea in the United States because of the possibility that the bacteria which causes gonorrhea is becoming resistant to the drug. The change was prompted by recent trends in laboratory data showing that cefixime, marketed under the brand name Suprax, is becoming less effective in treating the sexually transmitted disease.
This change leaves only one recommended drug proven effective for treating gonorrhea, the injectable antibiotic ceftriaxone.
According to the revised guidelines, published today in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the most effective treatment for gonorrhea is a combination therapy: the injectable antibiotic ceftriaxone along with one of two other oral antibiotics, either azithromycin or doxycycline.
In the past, gonorrhea has developed resistance to every antibiotic recommended for treatment, leaving the cephalosporins, which include cefixime and ceftriaxone, as the final recommended class of drugs. In light of this history and the recent lab data, CDC researchers are concerned that continued use of cefixime may prompt gonorrhea to develop resistance to all cephalosporins. Limiting the use of cefixime now may help preserve ceftriaxone as a treatment option for a little longer.
'As cefixime is losing its effectiveness as a treatment for gonorrhea infections, this change is a critical pre-emptive strike to preserve ceftriaxone, our last proven treatment option, ' said Kevin Fenton, M. D, director of the CDC's National Center for HIV / AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention. 'Changing how we treat infections now may buy the time needed to develop new treatment options. '
I've had 4 STD's this year. And I only go out about once or twice a month. The last one was with skinny Ashley from the circle in WW. She's a cute brunette about age 24, 5'4" and 100 pounds. I seem to remember a lip or nose piercing. Good oral skills. She asked me if I wanted to use a condom. I stupidly said no. Just a word to the wise. Better keep a cap on!
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[QUOTE=Baltoman; 1635750]CDC No Longer Recommends Oral Drug for Gonorrhea Treatment.
Change is critical to preserve last effective treatment option.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer recommends the oral antibiotic cefixime as a first-line treatment option for gonorrhea in the United States because of the possibility that the bacteria which causes gonorrhea is becoming resistant to the drug. The change was prompted by recent trends in laboratory data showing that cefixime, marketed under the brand name Suprax, is becoming less effective in treating the sexually transmitted disease.
This change leaves only one recommended drug proven effective for treating gonorrhea, the injectable antibiotic ceftriaxone.
According to the revised guidelines, published today in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the most effective treatment for gonorrhea is a combination therapy: the injectable antibiotic ceftriaxone along with one of two other oral antibiotics, either azithromycin or doxycycline.
In the past, gonorrhea has developed resistance to every antibiotic recommended for treatment, leaving the cephalosporins, which include cefixime and ceftriaxone, as the final recommended class of drugs. In light of this history and the recent lab data, CDC researchers are concerned that continued use of cefixime may prompt gonorrhea to develop resistance to all cephalosporins. Limiting the use of cefixime now may help preserve ceftriaxone as a treatment option for a little longer.
'As cefixime is losing its effectiveness as a treatment for gonorrhea infections, this change is a critical pre-emptive strike to preserve ceftriaxone, our last proven treatment option, ' said Kevin Fenton, M. D, director of the CDC's National Center for HIV / AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention. 'Changing how we treat infections now may buy the time needed to develop new treatment options. '
I've had 4 STD's this year. And I only go out about once or twice a month. The last one was with skinny Ashley from the circle in WW. She's a cute brunette about age 24, 5'4" and 100 pounds. I seem to remember a lip or nose piercing. Good oral skills. She asked me if I wanted to use a condom. I stupidly said no. Just a word to the wise. Better keep a cap on!
This was a Public Service Announcement from Baltoman[/QUOTE]I got syung by a bee last yr. 500mg of cipro cleard it up. Guess ill start looking for this injection onlind. Smh