Trichomoniasis

Is there a single dose option that is not the usual drug?

I cannot face a week of tablets that make me feel awful. Someone mentioned there are other single dose options.

oak_table 1 month ago

NoteMember experience, not medical advice. Symptoms overlap between infections and only a test can tell them apart.

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salt_marsh 1 month ago

There are two other drugs in the same family used as a single dose, and one of them has a much longer half life, which is the idea behind giving it once.

Availability varies a lot by country and one of them is considerably more expensive than the standard option, so what you can actually be offered depends on where you are.

open_window 1 month ago

Worth knowing why the week long course became the recommendation for women. A trial found the multi dose course roughly halved the proportion of women testing positive again at a one month follow up compared with a single large dose of the standard drug.

So the single dose of that particular drug is not equivalent. The alternatives are a different question.

first_frost 1 month ago

Tell the clinic why you are asking. Nausea is a manageable problem and the answer might be a different drug, or it might be practical advice about how to take the one you have.

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