The United States is set to roll out a powerful new weapon in the long fight against sexually transmitted infections: a decades-old antibiotic repurposed as a preventative pill.- Two-thirds reduction -
Reported cases of the three bacterial infections grew to 2.5 million in the United States in 2021, following about a decade of growth.
Infectious disease experts have warned that the shortage of antibiotics, specifically a type of penicillin used for syphilis, could worsen the sexually-transmitted infection’s (STI) epidemic in the United States. Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced in a June 12 letter that the long-acting injectable antibiotic Bicillin L-A, formally penicillin G benzathine, currently has low supply. The same […]
Taking the oral antibiotic doxycycline within three days after unprotected sex reduced the risk of sexually transmitted infections among those at increased risk.
Doxycycline is an antibiotic that has been sold for more than 50 years. Health officials are now studying its effectiveness in preventing certain sexually transmitted infections.