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The Washington Post reports:
Public health officials are deploying a powerful new weapon in the war against rising sexually transmitted infections: a common antibiotic that works as a morning-after pill. It is the latest advancement as the sexual health field shifts to preventive medicine — not just condoms, abstinence and tests — as the best hope for quashing the pathogens that can spread during sex.
Recent studies show the antibiotic doxycycline taken after sexual encounters works as a post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent those infections. But experts are also worried about unintended consequences.
The CDC plans to release guidelines later this summer for deploying the treatment, known as DoxyPEP, in hopes of addressing fears among medical professionals that preventive use would fuel antibiotic resistance — and the rise of drug-resistant superbugs.
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As the January 2023 video report below notes, the med is already available as a preventive in San Francisco on an “off-label basis.”
I wrote about a morning-after pill that prevents syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia and is revolutionizing STI prevention.
But it’s an antibiotic, and fear of antibiotic resistance is creating a conundrum for who gets to use DoxyPEP and when. Paywall-free: https://t.co/QSW0BIVRkD pic.twitter.com/3dWgi8eGd7
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