“I want another medical personal advice?”
My boyfriend is scared of needles and my ob-gyn prescribed cefixime 400mg and nothing else. Does cefixime alone treat gonorrhea? I heard it doesn’t but his discharge stopped and he has burning when urinating. I feel we should get retested because I'm pregnant and we had intercourse. I'm now hearing that cefixime doesn’t work. It has me so stressed and worried that our dosage wasn’t enough or we should’ve got treated another way.
Female | 21 years old
Medications: Cefixime 400mg
Conditions: Gonorrhea
3 Answers
Thanks for the question.
Cefixime generally does work on gonorrhea, but not on other STDs that cause urethritis, such as Chlamydia and Ureaplasma. Your boyfriend needs to see his doctor for tests and exam.
Cefixime generally does work on gonorrhea, but not on other STDs that cause urethritis, such as Chlamydia and Ureaplasma. Your boyfriend needs to see his doctor for tests and exam.
Maira Jessica Medellin-Peña
Infectious Disease Specialist
Your ob/gyn prescribed the right amount to treat gonorrhea. It will be safe to retest for STIs (STDs) when symptoms are still occurring.
Oral cefixime is not longer a recommended therapy for gonorrhea treatment. There is an alternative dose of 800mg x 1 dose of oral cefixime if intramuscular treatment is not available. Protecting yourself and your baby is not a bad idea at all. Gonorrhea has been associated with complicating pregnancies. If his symptoms are gone, there is a good chance that he was treated, but I agree with retesting. If he/you were not tested for chlamydia, that should be done as well.
Andrew Jameson, MD, FACP, FIDSA, AAHIVS
Andrew Jameson, MD, FACP, FIDSA, AAHIVS
