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Can One Have Cefixime While On Azithromycin?

I was give 1g of azithromycin for Chalmydia. I took it 5 days ago. My results came back and I have gonorrhea too. Do I have to buy the 500 cefeximin since I took the azithromycin 5 days ago. My symptoms are gone I am just worried I might have not cured the gonorrhea.
Tue, 8 Mar 2016
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Hi & Welcome to HCM.
I can understand your concern.
Incomplete data like age, gender, presenting symptoms, etc.
Since you have completed a course of Azithromycin for the eradication of Chlamydiae there is no need to take Cefixime for the treatment of Gonorrhea (which happened to be co-existing in your case) because Azithromycin is effective against Gonorrhea as well. As a matter of fact;
1. To avoid re-infection, both the sex partners should be treated for these sexually transmitted diseases.
2. It’s important not to have unprotected vaginal, oral or anal sex until treatment is completed & the infection has cleared up.
Hope I could answer your query.
A feed back is appreciated.

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Can One Have Cefixime While On Azithromycin?

Hi & Welcome to HCM. I can understand your concern. Incomplete data like age, gender, presenting symptoms, etc. Since you have completed a course of Azithromycin for the eradication of Chlamydiae there is no need to take Cefixime for the treatment of Gonorrhea (which happened to be co-existing in your case) because Azithromycin is effective against Gonorrhea as well. As a matter of fact; 1. To avoid re-infection, both the sex partners should be treated for these sexually transmitted diseases. 2. It’s important not to have unprotected vaginal, oral or anal sex until treatment is completed & the infection has cleared up. Hope I could answer your query. A feed back is appreciated.