Treatments for Chlamydia

Treatment list for Chlamydia:

The list of treatments mentioned in various sources for Chlamydia includes the following list. Always seek professional medical advice about any treatment or change in treatment plans.

• Antibiotics - though not Penicillin which does not cure Chlamydia.
  • Azithromycin
  • Doxycycline
  • Erythromycin
  • Ofloxacin
  • Amoxicillin
• Avoid sex during treatment
• Treatment of any sexual partners
• Avoid douching during treatment

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Vaginal Discharge: Treatment
(In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)

• See most recent CDC guidelines for all STDs
• Trichomonas
  –Metronidazole single dose or for 7 days (avoid alcohol with metronidazole use)
  –Intravaginal clotrimazole if pregnant or unable to use metronidazole

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Vaginal Discharge: Treatment
(In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)

• Physiologic leukorrhea: Provide reassurance
• Irritative vaginal discharge: Educate on proper wiping techniques, avoidance of tight clothing and irritants
• Foreign bodies such as toilet paper can usually be removed with gentle vaginal lavage, sitz baths
• Treatments for infectious causes of vaginal discharge:
  –Bacterial vaginosis: Metronidazole or topical clindamycin
  –Candida can be treated with topical or oral antifungals
  –Trichomonas is treated with metronidazole
  –Group A β-hemolytic streptococci: Penicillin
  –Chlamydia is treated with doxycycline or azithromycin
  –Gonorrhea: Ceftriaxone, ciprofloxacin, or ofloxacin
  –Shigella is treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
  • Encourage barrier contraception in sexually active adolescents

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Chlamydial infections: Treatment
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

The recommended first-line treatment for adults and adolescents who have chlamydial infections is drug therapy with tetracycline, erythromycin, or azithromycin.

For pregnant women with chlamydial infections, erythromycin (stearate base) or azithromycin may be used.

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Chlamydial infections: Treatment
(Handbook of Diseases)

The recommended first-line treatment for adults and adolescents who have a chlamydial infection is drug therapy with oral doxycycline for 7 days or oral azithromycin in a single dose. (See What your patient needs to know about chlamydial infections, page 182.)

For pregnant women with a chlamydial infection, azithromycin, in a single 1-g dose for both the male and female partners, is the treatment of choice.

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Vaginal discharge: Patient counseling
(Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)

Teach the patient to keep her perineum clean and dry. Also, tell her to avoid wearing tight-fitting clothing and nylon underwear and to instead wear cotton-crotched underwear and pantyhose. If appropriate, suggest that the patient douche with a solution of 5 tbs of white vinegar to 2 qt (2 L) of warm water to help relieve her discomfort.

If the patient has a vaginal infection, tell her to continue taking the prescribed medication even if her symptoms clear or she menstruates. Also, advise her to avoid intercourse until her symptoms clear and then to have her partner use condoms until she completes her course of medication. If her condition is sexually transmitted, instruct her on safer sex methods.

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Vaginal discharge: Nursing considerations
(Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)

▪ Obtain cultures of the vaginal discharge.

▪ Give antibiotics, antivirals, or other drugs, as ordered.

▪ Observe standard precautions to prevent the spread of infection.

Patient teaching

▪ Explain to the patient the cause of vaginal discharge and its treatment.

▪ Teach the patient proper perineal hygiene and advise her to avoid tight-fitting clothing and nylon underwear.

▪ Suggest douching with vinegar and warm water to help relieve discomfort, if appropriate.

▪ Tell the patient to continue taking prescribed drugs even if her symptoms clear.

▪ Advise the patient to avoid intercourse until symptoms resolve.

▪ Provide information on safer sex practices.

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Unlabelled alternative drug treatments include:

• Sulfonamide antibiotic
• Sulfamethoxazole
• Apo-Sulfamethoxazole
• Apo-Sulfatrim
• Apo-Sulfatrim DS
• Azo Gantanol
• Bactrim
• Bactrim DS
• Bethaprim
• Comoxol
• Cotrim
• Gantanol
• Novo-Trimel
• Novo-Trimel DS
• Nu-Cotrimox
• Protrin
• Protrin DF
• Roubac
• Septra
• Septra DS
• Sulfatrim
• Uro Gantanol
• Uroplus DS
• Uroplus SS
• Vagitrol
• Sulfisoxazole
• Azo Gantrisin
• Azo-Sulfisoxazole
• Eryzole
• Gantrisin
• Gulfasin
• Lipo Gantrisin
• Novosoxazole
• Pediazole
• SK-Soxazole
• Sulfalar
• Vagila

Discussion of treatments for Chlamydia:

Chlamydia-Disease Information: DSTD (Excerpt)

Chlamydia can be easily treated and cured with antibiotics. A single dose of azithromycin or a week of doxycycline (twice daily) are the most commonly used treatments. All sex partners must also be treated. (Source: excerpt from Chlamydia-Disease Information: DSTD)

Chlamydia-Disease Information: DSTD (Excerpt)

If you are told you have chlamydia or any other STD and receive drug treatment, you should notify all of your recent sex partners so that they can see a health care provider and be treated. A sex partner needs treatment even if (s)he has no symptoms. This will reduce the risk that your partners will develop serious complications from chlamydia and reduce your risk of becoming re-infected. Do not have sex until both you and your sex partner complete your chlamydia drug treatment. (Source: excerpt from Chlamydia-Disease Information: DSTD)

Chlamydia: NWHIC (Excerpt)

Chlamydia is curable with certain antibiotics like tetracyclin, erthyromicin, and azithromycin (but not penicillin, as is the case for other STDs). It is very important that a person with chlamydial infection take all of the prescribed medication, even after symptoms disappear. To be sure that the infection is cured, a follow-up visit to the doctor of clinic 1 to 2 weeks after finishing the medication may be necessary. Current research is focusing on the creation of rapid diagnostic tests and on the basic process of chlamydial infection. (Source: excerpt from Chlamydia: NWHIC)

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