Gonorrhea

Why an injection and not tablets?

Everything else I have ever had was tablets. This one involved a needle in the backside and nobody explained why.

ninth_street 2 months ago

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

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salt_marsh 2 months ago

Because this organism has developed resistance to nearly everything that used to work orally. The injected drug has held up where the tablets stopped being reliable, so guidelines moved to it as first line.

It is not about severity. It is about what still works.

low_ceiling 2 months ago

The injection also removes the adherence question entirely. It is given in front of them and it is done, which matters for an organism where partial treatment drives resistance.

apple_crate 2 months ago

The oral options approved recently may change this picture over the next few years. For now, the injection is the thing with the track record, which is why they are not negotiating about it.

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