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Key Points of Counseling Chlamydia is common in young people Gonorrhea and chlamydia are easily treated with antibiotics Treatment can prevent more serious infections and infertility Wait seven days after treatment before having sex Use condoms to protect against STDs and HIV You can get these infections again – get retested within a year VERY important: get your partner(s) treated so you don’t get it again! Partner Therapy Options Expedited Partner Therapy (giving medications or a prescription for the patient’s partner) is permitted in New Mexico: http://nmhealth.org/IDB/ept.shtml Referral to a local Public Health Office: http://nmhealth.org/phd/phoffice.shtml HIV Along with this testing, get HIV and syphilis testing People with HIV should be regularly tested for gonorrhea and chlamydia Who should be tested for chlamydia and gonorrhea? ALL sexually active women age 25 and younger, test annually Anyone with signs or symptoms of an STD ALL pregnant women Men with male sex partners People with an STD in the past year People with HIV infection Recommended treatment for chlamydia and gonorrhea Uncomplicated genitourinary chlamydia infections Azithromycin 1 gram orally as a single dose Uncomplicated gonorrhea infections Ceftriaxone 250 mg IM + Azithromycin 1 gram orally *Pharyngeal gonorrhea should be treated with Ceftriaxone + Azithromycin due to high failure rates with oral medications 2010 Treatment Guidelines: http://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment/2010/ Printed June 2011
