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Will A Ten Day Dose Of Amoxycilin Treat Chlamydia?

Posted on Mon, 14 Apr 2014

Question: Will a ten day dose of amoxycilin treat chlamydia?

Answered by Dr. Sankaranantham Murugan (16 minutes later)

Hi, Welcome to HCM. Amoxycillin is not the right choice to treat chlamydia. Tablet Azithromycin or capsule Doxycyclin are ideal choices for Chlamydia infection. It has to be given for 2 weeks and in LGV it has to be given for 3 weeks.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Sankaranantham Murugan (1 hour later)

Yes but pregnant women with chlamydia get prescribed amoxycillin. So im not asking if its the first choice. Will it cure it? Also we have one time doses in XXXXXXX Never heard if 3 weeks .

Answered by Dr. Sankaranantham Murugan (46 hours later)

Brief Answer: Azithromycin is drug of choice for ch.in pregnancy Detailed Answer: Hi, Welcome back. Of course Doxycyclin is contraindicated during pregnancy. Then also Tablet Azithromycin or Tablet Erythromycin are the the ideal drugs for Chlamydia Infection. Azithromycin can be instituted as a single dose in 1 gm or 2 gm doses. But as far as Chlamydia is concerned Amoxycillin is not a good choice. 3 weeks course is only to tackle Lymphogranuloma venereum another STD caused by different strain if Chlamydia. Get well soon. Dr S.Murugan

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar